Flats 1 and 2, 37 Bolton Gardens, London, SW5 0AQ
LON/00AW/LSC/2024/0512 · service charges · Kensington and Chelsea · decided 18 Nov 2025
The Tribunal found most of the 2019 to 2023 charges for Flats 1 and 2 payable, reduced some insurance, accountancy, management, cleaning, electricity and railing costs, and made a section 20C order protecting the Applicants from the landlord's tribunal costs.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | 37 Bolton Gardens (Freehold) Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | TLC Real Estate Services Limited |
| Building | A block, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| 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
described in the application as a Victorian house converted into 6 flats over five floors
- freeholder
Respondent 37 Bolton Gardens (Freehold) Limited
- agent
37 Bolton Gardens has been managed by TLC Real Estate Services Limited
- years
service charge years ending September 2019 to September 2024
- outcome
The installation of the heritage railings was not necessary and the cost of installing them is unreasonable.
- items reduced
The insurance premium for the year to September 2023 is not reasonable.
- s20c
so that none of the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge
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