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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…
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.
This is a brief factual explainer of how commonhold works. For more information, you may wish to visit the website of the Leasehold Advisory Service.
This fact sheet compares the experience of owner occupier leaseholders in flats and houses and examines their relationship with their freeholder.
Information on freehold estates which are private and mixed tenure estates where shared areas are not owned or looked after by the local council.
How to refer or buy the freehold reversion of your flat that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
A pledge for leaseholders with list of signatories.
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