First and Second Floor Flat, 263 Glyn Road, London, E5 0JP
LON/00AM/LSC/2025/0632 · service charges · Hackney · decided 16 Jul 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the buildings insurance premiums for both years unreasonable, reducing the leaseholders' contributions to the amounts supported by a cheaper quote, and ordered that the landlords cannot recover their tribunal costs through the service charge and must refund the £110 application fee.
| Outcome | Substantially 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 | Feldgate Limited |
| Building | A block, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | insurance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | Respondents to reimburse application fee of £110 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
It is one of two flats in a converted residential building.
- agent
Representative : Feldgate Limited, Managing Agent
- years
for the years ended 24 December 2022/23 and 24 December 2023/24 respectively
- outcome
A reasonable premium was the quote of £3,125 obtained by the Applicants, for which their 50% contribution is £1,779.90.
- items reduced
The Tribunal concluded that the insurance premium of £6,250 demanded by the Respondents for this service charge year was unreasonable.
- s20c
the Tribunal makes orders under section 20C and under paragraph 5A to Schedule 11 that the Respondents are not entitled to recover any costs
- costs
As to the fees of £110 paid for the application by the Applicants
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