Block 1-26 Kilby Road, Stevenage SG1 2LT
CAM/26UH/LSC/2025/0664 · service charges · Stevenage · decided 20 Jan 2026
The Tribunal disallowed several estate service charge items for 2018 to 2025, including insurance, an electronic gate that did not exist, and unevidenced electricity, audit and cleaning costs, allowed other items at reduced sums, and ordered that the landlord's tribunal costs cannot be charged to leaseholders and that tribunal fees of £341 be repaid.
| 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 | none named |
| Building | A block, 26 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2025 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to reimburse Tribunal fees of £341 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
on behalf of 22 of the 26 leaseholders within the Property
- years
Service charges are in dispute for the seven service charge years running from 2018 and for estimated service charges for the service charge year 2025/2026.
- outcome
The item is disallowed.
- items reduced
The item is disallowed.
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
requiring the Respondents to pay the Applicants the sum of £341 within 28 days of this Decision
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