[2024] UKUT 400 (LC)

Is it reasonable for a landlord to incur, and to charge to leaseholders, the cost of electricity to the building without using the solar panels on the roof which could have generated a cheaper supply? That is one of the issues in this appeal from a decision made by the First-tier Tribunal about service charges; the other issue is about management costs.

The appellants are respectively the freeholder of the building and the management company under the lease; the respondents are the long leaseholders of one of the flats, and were the applicants in the FTT. The appellants were represented in the appeal by Mr Richard Granby of counsel, Mr Pilgrim spoke for the respondents, and I am grateful to them both.