HAV/00ML/LSC/2025/0718 — service charge decision
In HAV/00ML/LSC/2025/0718, decided 25 July 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 5 disputed service charge items at Flat 1, 73 Wish Road, Hove, Brighton BN3 4JB and found largely for the landlord: 0 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: Flat 1, 73 Wish Road, Hove, Brighton BN3 4JB
Decision date: 25 July 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
Managing agent named in the decision: Pepper Fox Management Ltd.
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other charges (2018-2020) | £1,368.89 | £1,368.89 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2020-21) | £398.12 | £398.12 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2021-22) | £796.24 | £796.24 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2022) | £398.12 | £398.12 | Allowed in full | — |
| Legal & professional costs (2021) | £804 | £804 | Allowed in full | — |
Section 20C order: refused.
Key passages (verbatim)
“the 'balance brought forward' (£1,368.89) related to unpaid interim service charges for the period 29 September 2018 to 28 September 2020”
“Demands for interim service charge payment with issue dates of 30 September 2020 (£398.12)”
“Demands for interim service charge payment with issue dates of … 23 September 2021 (£398.12), 23 September 2021 (£398.12)”
“Demands for interim service charge payment with issue dates of … 4 April 2022 (£398.12)”
“The Tribunal determines under para 5 of Sch.11 to the 2002 Act that the respondent is liable to pay the applicant administration charges of £804 due under the lease dated 6 June 2018.”
“Mr Compton was unable to identify two versions of the same document to show how they were otherwise 'altered', and there is no obvious benefit for the agents or solicitors in fabricating evidence.”
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.