Flats 1 – 8 Chilworth Heights, Chilworth Drove, Southampton, SO16 7JH
HAV/24UN/LSC/2025/0663 · service charges · Test Valley · decided 24 Jun 2026
The tribunal found that the tankerage costs for foul water removal, the professional fees and the legal costs relating to the drainage problem are not recoverable through the service charge, and it set an additional reserve fund of £16,093; it also made orders preventing the landlord's tribunal costs being charged to lessees and ordered the landlord to refund the fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | BH Ground Rents Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 8 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees, 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 applicants' application and hearing fees within 28 days |
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- flats n
Flats 1 – 8 Chilworth Heights
- freeholder
Respondent : BH Ground Rents Limited
- years
in respect of the service charge years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
- outcome
The Tribunal finds that the tankerage costs for foul water removal fall outside of the service charge provisions and are irrecoverable by the Respondent.
- items reduced
The Tribunal finds that the professional fees incurred by the Respondent in relation to the tankerage issue
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the Tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge.
- costs
The Tribunal orders the Respondent to repay the Applicants their application and hearing fees within 28 days.
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