The Church, 16 Ceylon Place, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3JF
HAV/21UC/LSC/2024/0618 · service charges · Eastbourne · decided 20 Feb 2026
The tribunal found most of the disputed service charge costs for 2021-22 to 2023-24 reasonable, reduced several invoices for gutter, pest control, boiler flue and Harper Stone charges, and refused the applicants' section 20C application.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Maxiwood Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 9 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the applicants to bear the fees in respect of this application |
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What the decision says
- flats n
now containing 9 flats
- freeholder
Respondent : Maxiwood Limited
- agent
The Respondent employs a managing agent to manage the Property, Harper Stone Limited.
- years
service charge years 2021- 2022, 2022- 2023 and 2023- 2024
- outcome
reduced to £nil
- items reduced
£2,733.76 invoice from Harper Stone, reduced to £2,187.01
- s20c
The Tribunal refuses the Applicants’ applications pursuant to section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
The Applicants shall bear the fees in respect of this application.
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