5 Queen Alexandra House, 2 Bluecoats Avenue, Hertford, SG14 1PB
CAM/26UD/LSC/2025/0693 · service charges · East Hertfordshire · decided 23 Mar 2026
The tribunal found the Applicant liable only for £34.85 of electricity costs and nothing for the disputed fire alarm costs, found the administration charges of £870.00 not payable, made orders preventing the landlord's tribunal costs being passed through the service charge, and ordered the Respondents to refund the Applicant's tribunal fees of £341.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Ashmark Estate Management Limited |
| Building | One flat, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2024 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, other, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, other, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondents to reimburse the applicant's tribunal fees of £341 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a purpose-built block of six flats
- agent
Ashmark Estate Management
- years
the 2024 service charge year
- outcome
Fire alarm - £0.00.
- items reduced
Fire alarm - £0.00.
- s20c
The tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
the Respondents shall pay the Applicant £341 within 28 days of this Decision
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