Flat 1, Alden Court, Fairfield Path, Croydon CR0 5QN
LON/00AH/LSC/2025/0807 · service charges · Croydon · decided 30 Mar 2026
The tribunal found the disputed general maintenance charges for the communal lounge works were reasonable and payable, as the works were not a single set of qualifying works requiring consultation, and refused the applicant's request for a costs order.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Proxima GR Properties Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | First Port Retirement Property Services Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 53 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023 |
| Items in dispute | other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| 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
- flats n
There are 53 properties in the development containing the subject property.
- freeholder
they are the managing agents for the freeholder, Proxima GR Properties Ltd.
- agent
First Port Retirement Property Services Ltd have been regarded as the Respondent. However, they are the managing agents for the freeholder
- years
The subject is concerned with the Finance Year Ending September 2023 - August 2024.
- outcome
The service charges challenged in these proceedings are reasonable and payable by the Applicant to the Respondent.
- s20c
The Applicant's applications for costs orders under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and paragraph 5A of Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 are refused.
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