Ocean Crescent, 24 & 26 The Crescent, Plymouth, PL1 3FH
HAV/00HG/LSC/2025/0795 · service charges · Plymouth · decided 1 Sep 2026
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found most challenged service charges payable, but disallowed the apartment 37 internal repair costs and a £13,513.82 lift invoice, and refused the landlord-costs and paragraph 5A orders.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Ocean Crescent Limited |
| Management company | The Crescent (Plymouth) Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | Residential Block Management Group Ltd |
| Building | A block, 122 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £49,712.97 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
122 residential apartments located above
- freeholder
1) Ocean Crescent Limited
- agent
Residential Block Management Group Ltd (“RBM”), the managing agents appointed by the Second Respondent
- years
for the years 2022/2023, 2023/2024 and 2024/2025
- outcome
The service charges for making good works inside apartment 37 £1,150 are not payable by the Applicants.
- items reduced
The service charges for lift maintenance that are contained in the invoice from OTIS dated 6 February 2023 in the sum of £13,513.82 are not payable by the Applicants.
- total demanded
leaving ten items in issue with a total value of £49,712.97, across the three service charge years
- s20c
The Tribunal refuses the applications for orders under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and Paragraph 5A [name] 11
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The original
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