Arlington House, All Saints Avenue, Margate, Kent, CT9 1XR
HAV/40UG/LSC/2025/0821 · service charges · Thanet · decided 19 Aug 2026
The tribunal found the major works and their cost reasonable and recoverable through the service charge and that the consultation requirements were complied with, but the Category B windows are excluded unless a breach is established, three leases were corrected, and the leaseholders' application for a costs order was dismissed.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Metropolitan Property Realizations Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Highdorn Co. Limited |
| Building | A block, 142 flats · 2 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | not stated |
| Items in dispute | major works, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works |
| Total demanded | £5,329,883.30 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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- flats n
The Building contains 142 flats
- freeholder
Applicant : Metropolitan Property Realizations
- agent
employed by Highdorn Co. Limited part of the Freshwater Group
- outcome
save for the proposed refurbishment of the 25 original Category B
- items reduced
save for the proposed refurbishment of the 25 original Category B
- total demanded
at a cost of £5,329,883.30 (inclusive of VAT and professional fees)
- s20c
The Tribunal dismisses the Respondent’s application under Section 20C
- s20
the Applicant is granted dispensation under Section 20ZA
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