Flat 6 Abingdon Lodge Beckenham Lane Bromley Greater London BR2 0DL
LON/00AF/LSC/2025/0890 · service charges · Bromley · decided 29 Apr 2026
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found that no service charges are payable until the landlord serves compliant demands, and it allowed most disputed items in full while reducing the Flat 10 redecoration contribution to £250, cutting the 2025 management fee by 40%, and disallowing the 2025 garage door repair and the 2024 surveyor fee.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Fairoak Properties Kent Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 14 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| 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
purpose-built block of 14 flats
- freeholder
Respondent : Fairoak Properties Kent Ltd
- years
in respect of the service charge years 2020 to 2025
- outcome
Subject to (1) above, the following items are payable in the reduced amounts set out below
- items reduced
is limited to £250.
- s20c
it was agreed that it was unnecessary for the Applicant to make any cost application under section 20C of the 1985 Act
- s20
There is insufficient evidence that the Respondent went through a section 20 consultation process in relation to these works
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