Flat 4, 29 Hayter Road, London, SW2 5AR
LON/00AY/LSC/2024/0717 · service charges · Lambeth · decided 22 Sep 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found £8,414.09 payable for service charges from 2016 to 2023 after deductions of £9,428.67, made an order limiting the landlord's costs being added to the service charge, and extinguished the tenant's liability for litigation costs under paragraph 5A.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Hayter Properties Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | SE1 Limited |
| Building | One flat, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, major works, management fees |
| Total demanded | £26,212.76 |
| Total found payable | £8,414.09 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
it was converted to create six flats, three on each
- freeholder
Applicant : Hayter Properties Limited
- agent
the manager of SE1 Limited, the managing agents
- years
respect of service charges over the years 2016 to 2023
- outcome
The Tribunal has made deductions of £9,428.67 from the
- items reduced
We have therefore concluded that we should reduce the sum sought for management charges by 50%.
- total demanded
The Respondent has demanded service charges of £26,212.76
- total payable
The Tribunal determines that the sum of £8,414.09 is payable in
- s20c
The Tribunal makes orders for the limitation of the Applicant's costs
- s20
as the Applicant failed to comply with the statutory duty to consult
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