Flat 14 Risingholme Court, High Street, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 8GB

HAV/21UH/LSC/2025/0703 · service charges · Wealden · decided 16 Jun 2026

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The tribunal found the Applicant not liable for service charges incurred before 16 October 2022 under s.20B and not liable for £36.41 of duplicated audit fees, but upheld the consolidated demands, the catering costs and the service charge demands otherwise, and limited the landlord's recoverable tribunal costs to 50%.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Not in issue
Who applied	Leaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord	Fairhold Homes (No.19) Limited
Management company	none named
Managing agent	FirstPort Retirement Property Services
Building	One flat
Service charge years in dispute	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Items in dispute	legal and professional fees, other
Items disallowed or reduced	legal and professional fees
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: Respondent : Fairhold Homes (No.19) Limited (landlord)
agent: At all material times, the Respondent has retained FirstPort Retirement Property Services as managing agent.
years: for the 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 service charge years
outcome: The Tribunal therefore finds that the Applicant is not liable to pay service charges in respect of relevant costs incurred before 16 October 2022.
items reduced: The Applicant is not liable to pay service charges of £36.41 in respect of ‘prior year item’ audit fees for the 2023-24 service charge year.
s20c: It therefore makes a s.20C LTA 1985 order limiting the Respondent’s recoverable Tribunal costs to 50%.

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