Thorpe Hall Mansions, Eaton Rise, W5 2HB
LON/00AJ/LSC/2024/0679 · service charges · Ealing · decided 17 May 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found most of the service charges payable but limited administration charges to 3%, disallowed sundries, reduced the 2024-25 reserve fund and removed office and IT costs from the estimates, and made a section 20C order limiting the landlord's costs to £1500.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Swanside Residents Association Limited |
| Management company | Swanside Residents Association Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | An estate, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, other, reserve fund |
| 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
- freeholder
Respondent : Swanside Residents Association Limited
- years
service charge years 2023 -24 and 2024 -25 (estimated charges)
- outcome
the Respondent is not entitled to administration costs over and above 3% of the estimated service charges
- items reduced
reducing the reserve fund contribution to £1500
- s20c
makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 limiting the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings
- s20
notes and accepts the concession of the Respondent re its failure to consult on the drains project
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