HAV/43UG/LSC/2025/0622 — service charge decision
In HAV/43UG/LSC/2025/0622, decided 8 October 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 6 disputed service charge items at 25 Limebush Close, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey and found largely for the landlord: 0 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: 25 Limebush Close, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey
Decision date: 8 October 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
Managing agent named in the decision: Limebush Close Limited.
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other charges (2019) | £469 | £469 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2020) | £540 | £540 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2021) | £540 | £540 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2022) | £540 | £540 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2023) | £540 | £540 | Allowed in full | — |
| Other charges (2024) | £1,020 | £1,020 | Allowed in full | — |
Key passages (verbatim)
“the tribunal is satisfied that the respondent is liable to pay the service charges set out in paragraph 6 above”
“the tribunal is satisfied that the respondent is liable to pay the service charges set out in paragraph 6 above”
“the tribunal is satisfied that the respondent is liable to pay the service charges set out in paragraph 6 above”
“the tribunal is satisfied that the respondent is liable to pay the service charges set out in paragraph 6 above”
“the tribunal is satisfied that the respondent is liable to pay the service charges set out in paragraph 6 above”
“the tribunal is satisfied that the respondent is liable to pay the service charges set out in paragraph 6 above”
“although the applicant is plainly aware of its obligation to provide annual accounts, it simply prepares corporate Financial Statements detailing income and expenditure rather than service charge accounts in form set out in Tech 03/11.”
“This practice, which is not uncommon in small self-managed blocks of flats, may not comply with s.19(2) Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and the RICS Service Charge Residential Management Code.”
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.