6 First Avenue London E12 6AN
LON/00BB/LSC/2025/1132 · service charges · Newham · decided 3 Jun 2026
The tribunal limited the building insurance charged to the leaseholder to one-half of the whole building's premium, found a £240 debt recovery charge and a £180 fire risk and asbestos charge not payable, and ordered the landlord side to repay the application and hearing fees.
| 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 | B Bailey Property Management Ltd |
| Building | A block, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, insurance, other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, insurance, other |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicant's application and hearing fees |
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What the decision says
- flats n
comprising two self-contained maisonettes
- agent
The Respondent was represented by FRICS of B Bailey Property Management Ltd.
- years
for the service charge years 2018/19 to 2023/24 were not correctly charged
- outcome
were not correctly charged to the extent that they exceeded one-half of the total cost of insuring the whole building
- items reduced
the £240 debt recovery administration charge is not payable by the Applicant
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the Respondent's costs of these Tribunal proceedings may be passed to the Applicant
- costs
The Tribunal orders that the Respondent shall reimburse the Applicant the application and hearing fees he paid to the Tribunal.
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