LON/00AX/LSC/2024/0115 — service charge decision
In LON/00AX/LSC/2024/0115, decided 23 August 2024, the First-tier Tribunal considered 7 disputed service charge items at 72A Coombe Road, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4QS and found largely for the landlord: 0 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: 72A Coombe Road, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4QS
Decision date: 23 August 2024
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
Managing agent named in the decision: Bonsors (from 31 May 2022); Hawes (2018/19–2021/22).
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings insurance (2018/19) | £350.11 | £350.11 | Allowed in full | Demand formally invalid |
| Buildings insurance (2019/20) | £334.61 | £334.61 | Allowed in full | Demand formally invalid |
| Buildings insurance (2020/21) | £350.44 | £350.44 | Allowed in full | Demand formally invalid |
| Buildings insurance (2021/22) | £420.16 | £420.16 | Allowed in full | Demand formally invalid |
| Buildings insurance (2022/23) | £413.27 | £413.27 | Allowed in full | — |
| Buildings insurance (2023/24) | £541.21 | £541.21 | Allowed in full | — |
| Repairs & maintenance (2022/23) | £49 | £49 | Allowed in full | — |
Key passages (verbatim)
“the building insurance premiums for the 2018/19 … year[] will each be payable in full once the Respondent has been served with a fresh demand accompanied by a valid summary of rights and obligations.”
“the building insurance premiums are not currently payable but will become payable once the Respondent has been served with valid demands accompanied by valid summaries of the tenant's rights and obligations.”
“the building insurance premiums are not currently payable but will become payable once the Respondent has been served with valid demands accompanied by valid summaries of the tenant's rights and obligations.”
“the building insurance premiums are not currently payable but will become payable once the Respondent has been served with valid demands accompanied by valid summaries of the tenant's rights and obligations.”
“The building insurance premium of £413.27 for 2022/23 … [is] payable by the Respondent in full.”
“The building insurance premium of £541.21 for 2023/24 [is] payable by the Respondent in full.”
“the Respondent states that the demands for building insurance premiums for the 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 years were not accompanied by a service charge summary of tenant's rights and obligations and the Applicant has not countered this point, and this is a point that the Applicant's legal advisers will or should have understood.”
“The Respondent's other submissions as to what the building insurance policy covers but should not cover are difficult to follow and are not argued in anything like sufficient detail or evidenced in any meaningful way.”
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.