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CAM/00KF/LSC/2025/0613

CAM/00KF/LSC/2025/0613 · service charges · Southend-on-Sea · decided 19 Nov 2025

The tribunal found most disputed service charges for 2019 to 2026 reasonable and payable by the leaseholders, disallowed the garden furniture and portal charges, and deferred the electricity issue and any section 20C or fee reimbursement orders to a later decision.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not clear
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordWallace Estates Limited
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingA block
Service charge years in dispute2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Items in disputeadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reducedother
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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freeholder
2. Wallace Estates Limited
agent
Premier Block Management Limited
years
service charge years 2019 - 2026 inclusive
outcome
Accordingly, any sum sought under this heading is disallowed.
items reduced
Therefore, the Tribunal disallows service charges in respect of Portal Charges for all years referred to under the Application.

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