Service Charge Retention
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Service Charges and the 18-Month Rule: When Are Costs Incurred?
Originally published 12 May 2013. Updated 13 October 2026. A service-charge bill arriving years after work was done is not automatically too late to recover. The crucial question under Section 20B of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 is when the relevant costs were incurred, together with whether a demand or qualifying written notification was…