Charter House, 20 Winckley Square, Preston PR1 3JJ
MAN/30UK/LSC/2024/0616 · service charges · Preston · decided 21 Apr 2026
The tribunal found the service charges for 2023 and 2024 payable apart from two small conceded repair items, found the 2025 on-account shared management costs reasonable, and refused the tenants' requests to stop the landlord's litigation costs being added to the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | PR1 Management Company Limited |
| Management company | PR1 Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | Homestead Consultancy Services Ltd |
| Building | A block, 40 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, legal and professional fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
PR1 Management Company Limited
- agent
Homestead Consultancy (managing agents)
- years
the Applicants further requested that the Tribunal reach a determination regarding
- outcome
The total deductions from the service charges payable by the Applicants, as conceded by the Respondent, amount to £5.00 per
- items reduced
Toilet repair 24/04/2023 - £100.00 - £2.04 per Applicant
- s20c
Accordingly, the costs applications are refused.
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