LON/00AQ/LSC/2025/0926 — service charge decision
In LON/00AQ/LSC/2025/0926, decided 28 November 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 5 disputed service charge items at Flat 5 Libra Court, 13 Zodiac Close, Edgware and found largely for the landlord: 0 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: Flat 5 Libra Court, 13 Zodiac Close, Edgware
Decision date: 28 November 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning (2022 (Apr–Sep)) | £959.17 | £959.17 | Allowed in full | — |
| Cleaning (2022-23 (Oct 2022–Mar 2023)) | £989.24 | £989.24 | Allowed in full | — |
| Management fees (2023 (Apr–Sep)) | £989.24 | £989.24 | Allowed in full | — |
| Repairs & maintenance (2024 (Apr–Sep)) | £1,139.74 | £1,139.74 | Allowed in full | — |
| Reserve fund contributions (2024-25 (Oct 2024–Mar 2025)) | £1,139.74 | £1,139.74 | Allowed in full | — |
Section 20C order: refused.
Key passages (verbatim)
“The tribunal is not persuaded by the general nature of the Respondents arguments and finds that the half yearly demand is payable in full.”
“The tribunal is not persuaded that the amount claimed is unreasonable as being in line with previous years with variations in cost which are to be expected in a development of this nature and after allowing for inflation.”
“The tribunal is not persuaded that the management fees are unreasonable. There is no evidence of an alternative quotation supplied by the Respondent. The tribunal is an expert tribunal and considers that the management fee charged per unit is well within the range of fees to be expected for a development of this scale”
“In the absence of any evidence as to what repairs are being complained about or the cost of those repairs the tribunal does not find that the budgeted sums are unreasonable.”
“The tribunal determines that there has not been a disproportionate increase in the reserve fund or in service charge generally and notes from the accounts provided that the service charge for the year 2024 to 2025 is lower than for the previous year”
“On 28 October 2025 the Respondent purported to a file a revised Scott Schedule despite having no permission to do so and stated that witness statements from other residents in Zodiac Close were to follow.”
“Immediately prior to the hearing the 1st Respondent tried to hand in further documents and photographs. In view of the previous orders of the tribunal, as late as 25 November 2025 the tribunal refused to admit the documents.”
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.