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Leasehold property - leasehold disputes, buying the freehold, service charges, lease extensions and Right to Manage
You only own a leasehold property for a fixed period of time. You’ll have…
Your responsibilities Your lease will tell you what conditions you’ve…
Service charges Your lease sets out the way the service charge is…
Extending the lease You can ask the landlord to extend your lease at any…
You can ask the landlord to sell you the freehold at any time. There are…
You may be able to change the management of your building if you’re…
There is a different dispute process in Wales. You might be able to…
These leases have been prepared to encourage the temporary occupation of empty town centre retail premises by non-commercial occupiers.
You can apply to lease extra quota from a producer organisation (PO), to supplement your catch limits or to keep fishing a stock where the 10-metres-and-under or non-sector pool allocation has been used.
This guidance clarifies the extent (or location) to which the leaseholder protections apply. It also explains what is meant by qualifying date and qualifying lease.
Specimen meanwhile use leases and accompanying guidance notes.
The leaseholder protections affect existing leases that qualify under the leaseholder protection provisions in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Leaseholders or landlords can use this form to request a decision from the tribunal on price, terms of lease, or terms of acquisition associated with the process of leasehold enfranchisement or leasehold extension.
The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) gives free legal advice to leaseholders on the law affecting residential leasehold in England and Wales. LEASE is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government .
How to end a commercial lease early, what happens if you break the terms of your lease, use a clause in your agreement
How to tax living accommodation given to employees.
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