Flat 4, 19 Elmers End Road, Anerley SE20 7ST
LON/00AF/LSC/2024/0265 · service charges · Bromley · decided 22 Jun 2025
The tribunal found the budgeted interim charges for 2022/23 and 2023/24 partly unreasonable: the bin rental for 2023/24, communal cleaning at £800 (reduced to £400), the general and grounds budget, and the reserve fund were not allowed, while the external and internal repairs, insurance and 2022/23 bin rental were held reasonable, and the respondent must refund the tribunal fees of £330.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | AM Surveying and Block Management |
| Building | One flat, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, other, reserve fund |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicant's tribunal fees of £330 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a Victorian detached house split into four flats
- agent
AM Surveying and Block Management
- years
the service charge years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024
- outcome
it was not reasonable for any figure to be budgeted under this heading
- items reduced
it would have been reasonable to budget a figure of £400 per annum, and not £800.
- costs
the Respondent shall pay the Applicant £330 within 28 days of this Decision
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