Flat 4, Austen House, Winchester, SO23 8DA
HAV/24UP/LSC/2025/0608 · service charges · Winchester · decided 15 Sep 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the company accountancy charge not payable because the lease gave no power to recover it, held the other accountancy, caretaker, roof and reserve fund charges payable, granted unconditional dispensation from section 20 consultation for the roofing works, and refused a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Austen House Management Ltd |
| Management company | Austen House Management Ltd |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 13 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, major works, reserve fund |
| 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
spread across the 13 flats
- freeholder
Respondent : Austen House Management Ltd
- years
for the years for various items within the service charge 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025
- s20c
declines to make an order because the vast majority of the challenges have not been successful
- s20
unconditional dispensation should be granted for the totality of the roofing works
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