To challenge your service charges as a leaseholder, you need to make an application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
Your application form should include:
- a copy of your lease
- information about your service charge costs
- an outline of your case
- the application fee
You may also need to provide information about the complexity of your case that will help the tribunal to process it, and your availability for a hearing.
You cannot apply to the Tribunal if:
- you have already agreed or admitted the service charges
- you have agreed with the landlord to refer the charges to arbitration
- a court or tribunal has already made a decision about your charges
Get help
Applying to the Tribunal can be a difficult process. We recommend you seek advice from a solicitor, surveyor or managing agent.
More information you might find useful:
- Application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber): advice guide
- Service Charges and other issues: advice guide
- Application Form – Application for a Determination of Liability to Pay and Reasonableness of Service Charges: download
- Solving residential property disputes: GOV.UK
- More Frequently Asked Questions on Application to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)
- Resolutions for service charge disputes: flowchart
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