73 Buckingham Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3RJ
HAV/00ML/LAC/2025/0009 · administration charges · Brighton and Hove · decided 27 Jan 2026
The tribunal found that a £60 'admin fee for rent collection' charged by the freeholder's agent was not payable by the leaseholders, as it was not covered by the lease, and made orders protecting them from the landlord's costs and requiring the freeholder to refund the application fee.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Assethold Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Eagerstates Ltd |
| Building | A block, 5 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | not stated |
| Items in dispute | administration charges |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the first applicant's tribunal application fee within 28 days |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The Applicants are long leaseholders of two of five flats within 73
- freeholder
Respondent : Assethold Limited
- agent
Representative : Eagerstates Ltd
- outcome
The Tribunal determines the “Admin fee for rent collection” of £60.00 per transaction are not payable by the Applicants.
- items reduced
Accordingly, I find that these fees are not recoverable as administration charges and are not payable by the Applicants.
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under Section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 that none of the Respondent’s costs of these proceedings may be passed to the Applicants through the service charge.
- costs
the Respondent shall reimburse the first Applicant their Tribunal application fee within 28 days.
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