Decision summary

LON/00BJ/LSC/2024/0756 — service charge decision

In LON/00BJ/LSC/2024/0756, decided 28 July 2025, the First-tier Tribunal considered 3 disputed service charge items at 204 Smyth Building, 89 Upper Richmond Road, London, SW15 2FU and found largely for the landlord: 0 items were reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.

Property: 204 Smyth Building, 89 Upper Richmond Road, London, SW15 2FU
Decision date: 28 July 2025
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK

What was challenged and what the tribunal decided

ItemDemandedAllowedOutcomeGrounds
Staffing & concierge (2019/2020)£519.20£519.20Allowed in full—
Staffing & concierge (2023/2024)£1,127£1,127Allowed in full—
Staffing & concierge (2024/2025)£1,437£1,437Allowed in full—

Section 20C order: refused.

Key passages (verbatim)

“The amount demanded by the Respondent in respect of Apartment 204 for the mobile warden service has varied from £519.20 in 2019/2020 to of £1127 in 2023/2024.”
On staffing & concierge
“The amount demanded by the Respondent in respect of Apartment 204 for the mobile warden service has varied from £519.20 in 2019/2020 to of £1127 in 2023/2024.”
On staffing & concierge
“the estimated cost of the mobile warden service of £1437 for the year 2024-2025 in respect of flat 204”
On staffing & concierge

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.