[2025] UKUT 133 (LC)

This appeal is brought by The Garden Quarter (Caversfield) Management Company Limited, a resident-owned company responsible for the management of an estate of some 200 freehold houses and leasehold flats. The appeal is against a determination made by the First-tier Tribunal (“the FTT”) in response to an application by the respondent, Mr Ortet, about a service charge demanded of him in relation to work done to the exterior of the building in which he has a leasehold flat: Flat 7, The Officers Mess, Caversfield. The FTT decided that of the £3,392.16 demanded, £1,000 was payable. Permission to appeal has been granted by this Tribunal on the basis that the FTT did not properly explain its decision.

The appellant was represented in the appeal by Ms Kerry Poulter of Encore Estate Management Limited, the appellant’s managing agents; Mr Ortet presented his own case. I am grateful to them both for their very helpful engagement with my questions and with my suggestions for the way forward.