BIR/00FY/LBC/2023/0001 — service charge decision
In BIR/00FY/LBC/2023/0001, decided 17 January 2024, the First-tier Tribunal considered 5 disputed service charge items at 3 Royal Standard House, Standard Hill, Nottingham NG1 6FX and found largely for the landlord: 0 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: 3 Royal Standard House, Standard Hill, Nottingham NG1 6FX
Decision date: 17 January 2024
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other charges | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges | — | — | Allowed in full | — |
Key passages (verbatim)
“carried out work at the property without the consent of the Landlord contrary to Clause 3.5 of the lease.”
“caused or permitted a fire risk by incomplete or inadequate work on electrical installations and wiring and exposed structural steels which may render void or voidable any policy of insurance maintained contrary to regulation 4 of schedule 4 to the lease.”
“failed to repair maintain renew uphold and keep the property in good and substantial repair and condition contrary to clause 4.1 of the lease.”
“failed to keep the property in a good state of decoration contrary two clause 3.4 of the lease.”
“carried out unauthorised work to walkways within Royal Standard House contrary to clause 3.5(a) of the lease.”
“The Respondents acting by Mrs Sutton and on their own behalf have shown a persistent disregard for the terms of the lease either through naivety or wilful disregards of the obligations associated with ownership of a leasehold property.”
This summary is assembled from the structured record of the published decision; amounts appear only where the tribunal stated them. Always rely on the full decision itself.