A guide to maintenance and repair responsibilities in blocks of flats
March 16, 2022
Understanding who is responsible for maintenance and repairs in a leasehold block of flats is essential for both freeholders and leaseholders. Having this awareness will ...
Guide to understanding your lease (for a leasehold flat)
November 24, 2021
Leases can be complicated documents to understand. Comprising critical and legal information that will govern the way you live while delivering serious penalties if breached, ...
Leaseholders; it can be more advantageous to speak to your freeholder than you may think. Here’s why:
October 27, 2021
OK, freeholders have got a bad reputation. There are some unsavoury individuals and companies out there who have sought to rip leaseholders off for their ...
Fire safety in blocks of flats – advice for leaseholders
June 9, 2021
Considering that most fires occur in residential dwellings, fire safety in blocks of flats that contain multiple dwellings is an incredibly important topic. A such, ...
6 ways to deal with noisy neighbours in blocks of flats
May 12, 2021
Whether it’s loud music, drilling, dogs barking, or even stomping around and slamming doors, most of us would have experienced some kind of disturbing noise ...
Who pays for the repairs and maintenance of a block of flats?
April 14, 2021
In almost all cases, leaseholders are collectively responsible for paying for the repairs and maintenance of the block in which their flat resides. Freeholders on ...
Unfortunately, disputes are very common in the leasehold industry. While people can find it difficult to live peacefully near each other in houses, it’s often ...
Protecting your assets – a guide to building’s insurance for blocks of flats
February 1, 2021
Ensuring that your residential freehold is suitably insured is one of the most important things that you can do. Without building’s insurance, you as the ...
When you’re carrying out works to your property in England or Wales that could potentially affect another property, it is essential that you inform all ...
A flying freehold is a freehold property where a section of that property overhangs, extends, or protrudes onto another freehold property or land. This can ...
A guide to LPE1 and LPE2 forms for Leasehold Property Enquiries
October 5, 2020
When a leasehold property is being sold, conveyancing solicitors for the buyer will need to undertake a range of investigations/searches on the property. Primarily, these ...
“Marriage value, which is only applicable to leases with less than 80 years remaining, is 50% of the increase in a residential property’s value once ...
Permitted development rights are a national grant of planning permission, whereby a property owner does not need to apply for planning permission for certain building ...
Freeholder’s guide to health and safety in blocks of flats
August 6, 2020
Health and safety practices in blocks of flats are essential in order to safeguard leaseholders, surrounding neighbours, and of course your property. Blocks of flats ...
The Right of First Refusal, otherwise known as the Right of Pre-emption or First Right of Refusal, is given to qualifying leaseholders when their freeholder ...
The Law Commission’s quest to reform Right to Manage
June 15, 2020
With the Law Commission’s final report on exercising the Right to Manage set to be published this spring, we could see more freeholders losing control ...
Commonhold is the rarest type of property ownership throughout England and Wales. In fact, it’s so uncommon that many people are completely unaware of its ...
Many freeholders may not be aware but under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, leaseholders are legally entitled to purchase the freehold ...
A landlord’s guide to enfranchisement and collective enfranchisement
February 7, 2020
If you’re a freeholder of a residential property or a building containing two or more flats, you’ll need to be aware of enfranchisement and collective ...
Leasehold enfranchisement valuation reform “options” proposed by Law Commission
January 17, 2020
On 9th January 2020, the Law Commission for England and Wales published their greatly anticipated report on leasehold enfranchisement valuation reform. The report proposes options ...
