Kensington Court, 16-36 South Road, Luton , Bedfordshire, LU1 3GE
CAM/00KA/LSC/2025/0650 · service charges · Luton · decided 20 Jan 2026
The tribunal disallowed many disputed charges, including the estate gate, insurance and unevidenced estate costs, reduced management fees, gardening, cleaning and water, made orders preventing the landlord recovering its tribunal costs from leaseholders, and ordered the landlord to repay the £341 tribunal 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 | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 26 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018 |
| 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, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse tribunal fees of £341 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
on behalf of 22 of the 26 leaseholders within the Property.
- years
Service charges are in dispute for the seven service charge years running from 2018
- outcome
The item is disallowed.
- items reduced
Given the consensus between the parties, we allow £100 per flat.
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
requiring the Respondents to pay the Applicants the sum of £341 within 28 days of this Decision
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