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CAM/38UE/LSC/2025/0640 · service charges · Vale of White Horse · decided 27 May 2026

The tribunal held that the applicant is taken to have admitted service charges up to 30 September 2022, that directors and officers insurance is not recoverable under the lease, that garage door and window repairs and a French drain repair may be recovered, and that the roof and window apportionments are fair and proportionate.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not clear
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordDibleys Heritage Ltd
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingAn estate
Service charge years in dispute2019, 2025
Items in disputeadministration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducedinsurance, other, reserve fund
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderedNo order for reimbursement to the applicant of the application and hearing fee

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freeholder
Respondents Dibleys Heritage Ltd
years
The Applicant challenges the payability and reasonableness of service charges for the years ending 2019 through to 2025.
outcome
The Tribunal determines that the Applicant’s roof and window apportionment is fair and proportionate;
items reduced
The Tribunal determines that directors and officers insurance does not fall within [name] 5 of the lease as a service charge cost or expense.
costs
No order for reimbursement to the Applicant of the application and hearing fee, given the relative preponderance of success of the Respondent on the findings in this decision and all other circumstances.

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