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Flat 14, Old Auction House, 49 Guildford Street, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9BB

HAV/43UG/LSC/2025/0745 · service charges · Runnymede · decided 9 Jun 2026

The tribunal found the leaseholder could not set off £750 for kitchen ceiling damage, disallowed £310.11 of intercom, shutter and decorating charges, disallowed £1,677 of debt recovery charges, found no lease provision for reserve fund contributions, and ordered the landlord to reimburse £341 in fees, with costs protection granted.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordAssethold Limited
Management companynone named
Managing agentEagerstates Ltd
BuildingOne flat, 16 flats
Service charge years in dispute2021, 2022
Items in disputeadministration charges, insurance, other, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducedadministration charges, other, reserve fund
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderedrespondent to reimburse application fee and hearing fee £341

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freeholder
Respondent : Assethold Limited
agent
The managing agent is Eagerstates Ltd.
years
For the service charge year 2021/2022, the service charges demanded for ‘intercom callouts’, ‘works to shutters’ and ‘decorating after leak’ totalling £310.11
outcome
the administrative charges of debt recovery costs totalling £1,677 are not payable.
items reduced
the Respondent was not entitled to levy a charge for a contribution towards the reserve fund in the service charge years ending 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
s20c
The Tribunal makes 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 in favour of the Applicant
costs
the Respondent shall reimburse the Applicant for the application fee and the hearing fee the sum of £341 within 14 days.

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