I have a freehold property I am thinking of converting to 2 flats. Would the flats be leasehold and can they still be in my name as leasehold?...

In a nutshell, our building only has 2 flats (A and B), 50/50 share of the Freehold, and the roof had been flattened and converted into a terrace by the previous owners of Flat B (we own flat A). The roof is absent from the land registry Title, the outlin...

A tenant has a business that is in a building leased from a landlord. The landlord wants to replace the tenant's building with a hotel. There is a covenant on the land forbidding its use for a hotel. Can the tenant enforce this covenant?...

Hi, I’m buying a flat and my solicitor has highlighted that there is no internal layout plan in the lease showing the flats and shared internal areas which they think there should be and in the definitions it refers to “shared internal areas shown on ...

We are in a 3 flat house and own the freehold through a limited company. 1 flat wants to extend the lease to 999 years. The flatowners are sole directors and all agree. Can the 1 flat use their solicitor to complete all the changes without their solicitor...

Hello, we’ve been told that our lender (Halifax) won’t lend due to there being an absent management company for the external communal area. (They have agreed an Indemnity policy is okay for the absent landlord)...

This is a regulated tenancy from 1971. The tenant has access to a shared garden, and has used and maintained it since he moved in. The garden is shared with the basement flat below.

The freeholder of the building is also his landlord. The garden in not...

I am in the process of selling my flat in Grade 2 listed building with a Superior Freeholder, intermediary Leaseholder and Tenants Association. The LPE1 form requires both Landlord and Leasehold Deed Certificates, I am informed by the Freeholder the Tenan...

Hi, I represent a newly created block management company and we have been tasked with filling out a LPE1 form for a property sale. There are a few questions we're struggling to get answered, would anyone be able to assist?...

Hi Everyone, I’m having issues with the management company regarding the LPE1 form for the sale of my apartment. An apartment in the same block was sold back in Nov 22, would I be able to provide my solicitors with this? Or does it need to be specific t...

My flat has been given notice that the landlord wishes to sell the leasehold. I was hoping to understand the potential benefits of buying the leasehold as well as the costs involved.

The valuation of the lease is £849,000 and there are 124 flats. At t...

What is covered by an indemnity policy and what are the conditions to get one?...

Do I have to have a deed of variation where the loft space is not included in the lease...

We're trying to sell our property which is freehold with a service charge for the area ground maintenance. We've been told that we have to add a deed of variation which is going to cost us £2,600. Is this right? We don't feel we should have to pay this, ...

If I purchase a leasehold property can the landlord evict me or take possesion under section 8 or 21?...

Hi, im in the process of selling a flat but the lease is not in existence at Land Registry or anywhere else. Its registered and has 930 years left on it. Its in a block with 37 other flats and the management company has told me the leases are generic. The...

Do you have a sample/template for a Certificate of Compliance relating to a land registry restriction of title? I am part of the Management Company and I need to issue one to the buyers solicitors....

My vendor stated on the property information forms that no breach of lease had occurred when it later transpired it had (owner before them got new windows without permission from freeholder) so when I came to sell the property I was liable for the cost of...

i bought my flat 100% ownership in 2012. I am now selling my flat and there is a query of where is the memorandum of final stair-casing.
where do i get this document. Am i responsible for providing this even if i did not staircase? should this document d...

Hi
I am the executor for a friend who died a year ago. I am transferring his house, which is leasehold, to the beneficiaries under the will. On the Notice of Assignment, do I sign this as Assignor, or do they sign it as assignees?...

I’m looking to buy my freehold freeholder has agreed to sell informally do I need a solicitor ...

I own one of two flats in a house that has shared freehold/leasehold. My fellow freeholder/leaseholder is selling her flat and her solicitor has asked to complete the TR1. She has been an absolute nightmare and has broken the lease repeatedly, including p...

We have just inherited a rental property due for change over in the next 2 weeks .I will inherit this along with my 2 sisters we are thinking of continuing to rent but transfer this to a limited company .Will we incur capital gains and stamp duty on this ...

I'm selling my mother's masionette. My father had a porch built about 30 years ago, but cowboy builders built over the water meter. Can we just purchase an indemnity insurance or would we have to knock it down...

I have been sent a demand for a relatively small amount of outstanding ground rent but how do I prove it is legitimate? ...

Hi, bought a 1st floor leasehold flat 7 yrs ago. New refurb, high quality laminate and limestone floors with underfloor heating. New freeholder takes over (moves in downstairs) and says lease states we need to carpet throughout (meaning removing built-in ...

Hello I have a business to which I rent the building from our local council , my question is that when we have tried to improve the business ie building extension ,alcohol license the local council has stated we need permission and consent from the Deed h...

register a lease...

Hi we have a flat the lease terms has been identified as onerous as they go up 8% a year.
The management company Pier has offered to do a deed of variation free of charge to put this to the RPI, we are wondering if mortgage lenders are in favour of the ...

ASSIGNOR OF A LEAVE SAID THE LEASE WAS UNAVAILABLE...

My landlord (housing association) has listed fees of over £2000 for me to sell my flat. Please can you tell me if they are all necessary and if they can charge that much?
- If Network Homes is the managing agent, please note that our Sales Management P...

Elderly couple rent out loft extension to a man for 30 years. Elderly couple have died and man will not vacate premises stating he has a secure tenancy. House is worth £2 million. He has offered £670,000. House has been left to charities. He can lo...

I bought from new had conservatory on 2 months after moveing in ...

Has the cost of obtaining a LPE1 Form been passed into legislation...

Has anyone ever come across a Tyneside lease where they have to get a joint insurance policy with the other party they hate the freehold with? Trying to find out if it has to be joint or if I have the option of taking out a single policy. Other party is r...

Shared ownership sub leaseholder trying to sell but Head leaseholder (Housing association ) is at risk of forfeiture...

The alley is being sold by the existing owner, a house renovator, who lives elsewhere. Can any new owner alter or interfere in anyway with our R of Ws all are written clearly in our title deeds. There is no mention in the current owners title deeds of h...

There is a restriction on a leasehold title in favour of a Management Company. The Management Company have dissolved. What action would you expect the Seller’s Solicitors to take, to resolve this matter?...

is there anything legal that can be done to make him return it or can the information be got by another way ie local council? Thanks...

I am a joint executor of a estate where one of the properties is a leasehold appartment. both myself and the other executor had our names put onto the lease. the other executor has sold the property without telling me. should I have been consulted I have ...

We own a one bedroom flat in a converted house. We recently discover that the freeholder of the property had made changes to the demise moving a stair case. While this Is not an issue for us the freeholder has not regularised the lease plan for our flat t...

Think an LPE1 is only valid 6 years from date of signing. Is this correct....

10 years ago I bought a flat with a lease that expires in August 2081. I recently found out that the management company that owned the lease had been set up under “collective enfranchisement”. I also found out that a previous owner of my flat owns a s...

Whose responsibility is it to fill up LPE1 form...

Whose responsibility is it to fill up the LPE2 form and should the solicitor fill up the form on his own accord or should be advised by someone...

I and the other leaseholders in my building have been served a section 5A notice offering us the freehold. This fact is great, the premium figure acceptable and the terms are fine. The problem is that my flat's notice has been addressed to the previous ow...

What does the following mean in plain English please? The property is freehold but there is this entry on the charges register. "Reserving out of this demise the passage of water and soil front the neighbouring lands of the Lessors and their tenants an...

Hi there. I'm currently in the process of negotiations for the purchase of a freehold so that I may be able to (with the joint authority of my fellow lessees) be able to perform some alterations on my flat. One of the lessees is stipulating that in ord...

I’m currently trying to renew the lease on my ground floor flat and the solicitors fees are horrific, my dad is the freeholder and owner of the top flat, he has offered to give this too me, what do we need to do for this to complete without the expen...

Hi there,i bought a downstairs freehold flat 5 yrs ago.Took me two years to know the owner of upstairs owns the upstairs flat.They refuse to communicate with me,ive had nothing off them and ive suffered with bad damp.She keeps saying a friend wants to buy...

We are in the very final stages of selling our property and have just been informed that our buyer's lender will not proceed with a doubling ground rent clause so need us to have the deed varied as in the title of my question. Our freeholders are Persi...

I am buying a flat and the freeholder wont produce the relevance fire certificates and insurance and my mortgage company want me to pull out. Is he not obliged by law to produce these?

I'm purchasing a first floor flat (Victorian Conversion) where the ground floor flat is occupied by the freeholder. I'm trying to understand if this is very stringent on me as it appears I have 50% responsibility of everything from repairing the structur...

As a block we are converting freehold flats to leasehold with owners holding shares in a company holding the freehold. The reason to improve salebility.
Our solicitor has prepared a draft lease but it includes a landlord forefiture clause for non payment...

I initially bought my property on a shared ownership basis of 25%. The value of the property was £127000. I then purchased a further 2 quarter shares now owning 75%. I now want to purchase the final share however I cannot work out how much the stamp duty...

I am a landlord with a neighbour who has a 999 yr lease for sceptic tank and pipework on my land- I would like to remove the sceptic and and replace it with a new treatment plant with no costs to the leaseholder. The sceptic tank is over 50 years old and ...

We are trying to buy the freehold of a property that has an ancillary garage not attached to the property or within the land owned by the property (its about 50-meters along the road). It was a 999 year lease. There is a covenant on the garage saying that...

I own a lower garden leasehold flat in London. It is a converted Victoria house, built 1850. There are two rooms which were originally coal bunkers at the back of the flat, only accessible through my property and underneath the garden upstairs at the fron...

What do I do if the Managing Agent does not or refuses to issue a LPE1?...

I wanted a copy of the latest edition not an old edition...

Is it essential to have Co- Freeholders support to sue for Breach of Covenant in the Lease?...

I had an extension several years ago on my leasehold property. No one told me at the time that I needed to get permission from the leaseholder.. I have only found this out years later . Very worried now... what should I do? ...

We are asking for access to freeholders courtyard to erect a scaffold tower for three days to make adjustments to a window but he is refusing citing that he is selling, he has exchanged but not completed; can he do this?...

Have the rights reserved been exercised and have your Clients ever made any objectionsto thereto. Please refer to the title documents previously attached. These refer to the rights of other people???...

Can I sell my property. can I get indemnity insurance in case I wasn;t allowed. ...

Hi I am looking to sign a lease for a rental office and I was wondering if I needed to do local authority, environmental searches etc as I've been told I need to, if so can I do these personally?...

We lease one large office unit under tenanted flats (previously before we took on, it was 2 office units now knocked into one). Do I have to pay the landlords insurance premium for each orginal office or should it be lower amount for one combined unit?...

We live in a first floor apartment in an old converted victorian school. I requested permission from the property management company to which they responded with several queries such as specification of log burner and storage of wood. However the property...

I am selling my share of a shared ownership house. Our buyers solicitor wants the original lease document not the copy we have provided. Who will have this and how do I get hold of it?...

I have bought a bungalow which had a conservatory added 9 years before I purchased ,,the property is leasehold and nobody told the landlord and asked permission what are the implications for me?...

i am a share of freeholder, and the other freehaolder want sto change the leases...

Hi I would like some advice regarding a clause in my Conditions of sale and purchase of freehold application form . Thank you...

My solicitor is drafting a side letter to the contract, stating various amendments. Will these be legally binding.?...

Refusal to sign TP1 - what can I do if the other owner refuses to sign....

I am being asked to pay the Freeholder AND the landlord (two different people) a notice of charge of transfer, is this correct? Thanks....

The lease expired in 2002. So far not been able to trace the leaseholder but stuck on what to do next. Are we still the owners of the house? What further steps can we take? ...

I am the leaseholder of a flat in a block of flats built in the last 25 years on the corner of two roads, ‘X’ and ‘Y’. The register of Freehold title shows an address and postcode in road ‘X’, this being the address and postcode before the fla...

I inherited a leasehold flat, which is now rented out. I have registered in joint names with my husband with the Land Registry . The leaseholder needs a Notice of Assignment- where can I find a template for this...

I am selling a property that is leasehold and the management company have refused to complete LPE1 which now may affect the sale. In addition to this the buyers solicitor has said there are discrepancies with the lease (dated 1979) so I am wondering wher...

can i claim compensation.for loss of sale waitin 3 months for guinness to grant permission to sell,this is a shared ownership flat....

i do not belive that i should pay for the 75% that written in the tp1 transfer document ...

I bought a property in 2015, it is lease hold (built in 1823) but the names are missing off the bottom of the official copy, I had to take out an insurance at the time, is there any way I can find out who it is?...

Can you advise; we are co-freeholders/landlords in a house containing three flats. We reside in the top flat and share the freehold with the basement flat. The middle flat is leasehold only (900 years). Are we able to sell our share of the middle flat�...

am a tenant at the vineyards apartments in Arlington, TX. I recently moved in two weeks ago. Now I am being evicted for non payment of rent and not turning on my utilities. It was my understanding the 399 i paid was deposit and my first month was free...

Hello, I’m just looking for a quick yes or no answer. When purchasing a leasehold property, is it a legal requirement that the management accounts of the company which is managing the building be given to the purchaser?...

I can't find my flat address on the land registry, but the business below my flat is on there. I'm trying to find out of my landlord has separated the business below and the residential flat above legally. Some organisations know the flat exists while oth...

We own some land which has a restrictive covenant that says should planning permission be granted then upon sale or transfer of said land the upkift in value must be paid to the previous owner, we have recently gained planning permission and therefore do...

should the leasehold title in the land registry include all the lease covenants, either positive or negative? Is the lease valid if the covenants are not registered and there is no ground rent? Thank you...

Hi,
I have just purchased the freehold of our house with a company that acts on behalf of the landlord.
Our TP1 form has come through with just my name on and not my wife who is on our mortgage with me.
I now cant get hold of the company who we bought ...

Are landlords required to cover leaseholders for water leaks...

I am trying to sell a flat and extend the lease between exchange and completion. However, in order to market the property I want to ensure that it sells at market price. I will also be paying conveyancing fees associated with the sale as well as fees to...

hi i am thinking of purchasing a shared ownership house from a housing association am i allowed to rent a spare bedroom to a lodger under the rent a room scheme. i don't want to get a tenant just a lodger....

Hi , I live in a 1st floor flat in a converted house, the garden flat has sole use of the garden to the rear, in 2000 the fence to the garden blew over in a storm and my neighbour downstairs replaced the fence without notice or consultation and then asked...

Is it he buyer or seller...

The freehold on my parents flat is just in my dads name. He died in 2002 and the freehold was never transferred to mums name. Mum has now also very deadly passed away passed away. As it is still in dads name do we as his surviving children now own the fr...

How do I extend a freehold if the freeholder is untraceable?...

I have obtained a copy of the Register of Title but we suspect that the original freeholder - the housebuilder from 1967 - has since sold the freehold to a 3rd party. This information does not appear on the PROPRIETORSHIP REGISTER - my father's details ar...

I have a lease contract for my flat since 2002 and our free holder also was managingagent till 2 years ago. We took over RTM with other flat in the building out of 3. There are 2 parking spaceses front of the house which one belong to me. Because there i...

Sorry to bother you and hope that you can help. My father passed away in January and he was renting a garage in Ramsgate with someone he knew. We didn't find out about the garage until March when my mum came across some details from Caxtons who rented the...

I just bought a flat and have been told by the service company I must pay £8000 for repairs to be made to the building. Can I sue the previous owner or solicitor about this...

I own a commercial 999 yr leasehold prooerty with a peppercorn rent. The freeholder has sold her property two yrs ago and the lease is still in hers and her deceased husbands name. The new owner requested I did some repairs to a drain pipe in their yard ...

Are there ' standard ' Tenancy enquiries, raised by a UK buyers solicitor please...

I own the freehold of the first floor flat above ours which includes their demised garden. I am confused however as the title register states only the demised flat tinted blue is included in the title. The garden is on the land enclosed in red on the titl...

can i sell a leasehold flat without the original leasehold document, it is completely missing/lost from Land Registry and Management Comp...

I'm divorced and was awarded the house in the financial settlement (court order). I have a set time to remove my exs name from the mortgage and deeds.

The house is leasehold (we are both named on the lease). I've purchased the freehold and the lease ho...

Shall I purchase a ground floor flat which comes with a freehold title while the owner of the flat above also has a freehold title. The lease on the first floor flat is also missing. The vendor will provide insurance indemnity policy but don't want to mer...

I bought a new apartment, leased until all units sold then transferred to owners. 12 apartments each owning a 12th of the freehold. All units are sold but there are building issues still outstanding and freehold will not be transferred until they are co...

as landlord how should i answer...

I’m try to sell my property which is share of freehold but other owner (downstairs of marionette)won’t sign over freehold to new couple and himself, can he do this?...

My Managing agents wont let my estate agent put up a for sale sign for my flat, is this legal...

Was told house we have purchase is freehold as the vendors father bought the freehold of developers.we have received a copy off our solicitor which is leashold but on the back its got sum of five thousand4 and also a tp1 attached, the freehold at th a tim...

Will it be expensive to extend the lease? What would the approximate cost be?

Are there any implications of an underlying lease of 80years with a 50% share of the freehold?...

The Freeholder refuses to complete the Buyers conveyancers questionnaire. What course of action should i take or how do i proceed?...

A leasehold apartment we have been looking to purchase has an issue on the lease agreement. It states the right apartment number however it states the wrong floor that the apartment is on. We have been advised that we have to pay to have this altered but...

18 years ago we purchased an indemnity as the property was leasehold but without ownership of the lease, now remortgage through barclays and the solicitor has requested that we have a an indemnity again as the original has been lost. Can you recommend som...

I've been waiting and chasing my horrible freeholder since March to provide the answers to LPE1 to move forward with flat sale and an onward purchase. They won't send it on despite paying their excessive fees and had promised my solicitors it would be don...

I have a 999 year lease who's name appears on the land registry mine or the freeholder?...

I have a few questions about this form as a the landlord...

Is it necessary to obtain the freeholders permission for transfer ...

I own my house with no mortgage and would like to rent this out and have the rental income utilised by my wifes tax allowance. She is not on the deeds. Do you happen to know what process I can go forward to complete this please. ...

About to exchange contract on a house purchase.

It's transpired the house is in fact leasehold, with a Good Leasehold Title and Landlord's Possessory Title as of 2016. Freeholder is Fairhold Ltd / Estates & Management.

Long leasehold remaining (900+...

Hi we are buying a new build which is leasehold, we will be purchasing the freehold after the 2 years. There is a clause in our counterpart lease that I would like with understanding.
16. Conditions on alienation.
16.2 To give the landlord notice of ev...

Do I need to obtain a management pack from the management company as a seller for the leasehold communal areas. Even though my house which I'm selling is freehold? We have to pay a fee for maintenance per annum for the communal areas at the moment. Surely...

please could you advise what effect this could have and what does it mean and what are the considerations for the long term...

I own a Leasehold house to which I am considering adding a conservatory, but, according to a covenant in the Lease Deeds I must seek permission in writing to proceed with this. As a result, I have requested a quote from the Freeholder on an application to...

having sold a leasehold property and obtained the Information pack I assume I pass the sale details to the landlords solicitor to draw up the new lease?...

My solicitors have emailed and written to the landlords asking them to complete the LPE1 but they are ignoring their letters. What can we do?...

Is it a big thing that can slow the process down if a house has multiple leases attached to it? ...

I recently inquired to the landlord whether he would consider selling the freehold in respect of my long lease of 980 years outstanding. They returned stating they are not selling at this time but will give us first refusal. I thought they are legally req...

Trying to sell a leasehold maisonette to settle an estate and have been told by a second buyer's solicitor the lease isn't fit for purpose for a mortgage. These are cash buyers, but they want to knock £7 k off their original offer because in the future t...

What is the different between consent to dealing v certificate of compliance v consent to restriction. These are all filed to the Land registry. Are two of these the same but titled differently. ...

what indemnity policy will cover a housing developer selling our lease to a private investor resulting in the investor then selling us the lease at a higher cost than stated by the devleoper in writing? thank you ...

Near where I live there is a blokc of flats (fairly new) where the freeholder added another floor after a few years, despite leaseholder objections. In other words those in the original top floor flats became sub top floor. My question is would that permi...

I am selling my property. Buyer wants replies to LPE1...

My conveyancer failed to inform myself or my lender of the doubling ground rent clause the lease. Can my lender call in the mortgage? Am I obliged to inform the lender? It is now 6 years since completion....

I own a flat in London on the 1st and 2nd floor of a 3 level Victorian house conversion. If possible I would like to put a roof terrace on the flat roof of my ground floor neighbour's back extension. My neighbour and I share the freehold. I chatted with m...

Am taking over the right to a franchise from previous franchisees. Will stay in the premises he has been for 10 year, but only for the shortchanged period of maximum 2 years as it is too small for purpose. Do I need to spend all the top money to do the se...

Hi. I have been in my house for 13 years and for the last 2 I have written to the leaseholder when paying my ground rent to ask about the possibility of buying the lease. They do not respond but only demand payment. Not sure how to progress if they won't ...

Hi,

Our developer is selling the freehold of the development we are purchasing in. We are ready to exchange but our convenyancer says there is not guarantee and protection for us as the freehold sale could be comleted before we exchange. Therefore our ...

My husband has had numerous affairs and we are now separating. His mother owns an office and to reduce inheritance tax after his father died gave us the lease to rent the rooms to the occupants - this has been both my husbands and my income. We are note...

I am both the freeholder and leaseholder of a leasehold flat. I wish to apply for determination of the lease (on grounds of frustration, as the 'thing in question' is now fundamentally different from when the leasehold was purchased. this particularly goe...

Hi, I recently sold my leasehold flat on 1st November. The lease is via the Right to Buy scheme of the local council. I had to pay my conveyancer an upfront fee to transfer the lease of around £200 which I paid. The sale was completed on 1st November a...

Is a Deed of Transfer legally binding once signed even if not totally correct?...

this relates to overhang of the roof to a property...

I am in the process of buying a leasehold flat and garage but my solicitor informs me that they have separate leases, the flat having 88 years left but the garage only 44years. Is my mortgage lender like to refuse funding on this basis and if so what reme...

I've transferred equity in the flat that I own to my wife during remortgage process (done by my solicitor). Landlord's solicitor is trying to charge me £900 for just license to assign and deed of covenant. Is that appropriate? My solicitor says they've n...

My father passed away in June there was no probate as his total possessions were under the required level the mortgage and deeds for the house were in joint names but the leasehold was only in my dads name what does mum need to do to transfer it into her...

Hello, I want your advise we have freehold terrace house in central London the shop is let at 16 years lease with rent review every Five years. Flat is over two floors with six bedroom accommodation on upper two floors
We want to keep the shop and sell t...

Hi - I'm buying a detached leasehold bungalow with about 969 years left on the lease. The lease is £25 per year. The seller is providing an Absentee Landlord Indemnity Policy as we are told that the leaseholder cannot be traced. Will I be entitled to car...

Can the freeholder of my leasehold property change my allocated parking space as shown on my lease
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How to apply for Extension of business lease...

I am going through purchase of a leasehold flat. The lease demise does not specify the garden. However, a not to scale plan of the entire property shows this outlined in red in addition to the premises. If it were to scale it would be showing only part of...

I want to sell my shared ownership flat. I was going to staircase to 100% before selling but the housing association, after agreeing to let me staircase to 100% and sell, have now said that the lease only allows a maximum ownership of 75%. Are they allowe...

I want to sell my shared ownership flat. I was going to staircase to 100% before selling but the housing association, after agreeing to let me staircase to 100% and sell, have now said that the lease only allows a maximum ownership of 75%. Are they allowe...

Anyway around this issue...

How do leaseholders put a restriction on the Freehold due to the Freehold company owing them a significant amount of money...

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I have the opportunity to purchase the leasehold on the property I own. Can I use a Conveyancy Company to complete the purchase...

We purchased a house which is leasehold. We have the opportunity to purchase the lease. Can a conveyancing company handle the purchase a lease? ...

I know a new licence must be created if the flat is sold, but not whether a new licence is required if the leaseholder remains but the freehold of the block of flats is transferred. ...

The freehold on my property went to auction on june 15. since then i have not paid any groung rent on it. how do i find out who bought it, it only has approx 40 years left on the lease and i want to extend it or purchase it. could you help?...

I am selling my flat and buyer is requesting that I must pay for a Deed of Variation as the loft is not part of the demise on my lease and neither on the other freeholder's lease. Do I or should I be paying for this? Estate agent also mentioned that I can...

our sale was agreed 5 months ago and we still cant get a leasehold information pack from the freeholder/leaseholder to complete the sale and now our buyer is getting fed up and the vendor of our new place is threatening to pull out....

our sale was agreed 5 months ago and we still cant get a leasehold information pack from the freeholder/leaseholder to complete the sale and now our buyer is getting fed up and the vendor of our new place is threatening to pull out....

I am buying a leasehold flat. On the last page of the Certified Copy of the Lease, the Freeholder has signed (and had the signature witnessed) but there is no signature by the Lessee (and hence no witness either). The leasehold title is registered in the ...

The freeholder of my property lived downstairs and owned the freehold to both properties under two separate titles. The property has since been repossessed and only the freehold title to the downstairs property was transferred to the new owner and the or...

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I am buying a leasehold flat. The lease requires the freeholder to issue a certificate of compliance before the assignment cannot be registered. The seller's Solicitor thinks that the buyer should pay for this. Under the Standard Conditions, it is the sel...

I am contemplating buying 40% share to buy flat. The current owner subsequently paid £10,000 for the right to park. This was formalised by way of permit and not a variation of the apartment lease. The permit is granted for the duration of the lease. The ...

I am a lessor of 5 flats and this document has always been recommended by solicitors - i would like to know why. ...

We are currently selling our property and we have added garage and conservatory in last 15 years to property, but when reading our lease for which we pay ground rent twice yearly we realise we should have requested leaseholder permission which we did not....

I own a flat in a purpose built block of 2. We both have 50% of the freehold, along with a lease which has 65yrs to run. I am interested in extending the lease and wanted to know if we would just have to pay legal costs for this or would there be a premiu...

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A mortgagee in possession is selling one of the flats in the block I manage and they are advising that the will not sign a stock transfer form in order for the share in the Management Company to be transferred - is this correct - if so if we do not have a...

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Hi. I wonder if you can advise me. I sold my leasehold flat ten years ago, and have had nothing to do with it since. The buyer has now contacted me out of the blue and asked that I sign a transfer document to put her name on the head lease as this was not...

my purpose bulit flat comes with a garage and 995 years left on the lease, can I sell my flat and garage separately...

I am trying to sell a leasehold property and the sale has fallen through due to the freeholder not completing the management pack. Is there anything I can do?...

As the sole freeholder of a leasehold property do I need a solicitor to help me fill out LPE1 and LPE2 form...

My freeholder/managing agents served a Section 20 Notice on leaseholders in July 2013 with each leaseholder required to pay £4,800 approximately in addition to annual service charges. The major works have not taken place and there is no likelihood that t...

should the plan attached to the back of leasehold deedsbe an outline of the property. similar to the plot size with freehold deeds or should it detail the number and size of rooms within the property...

I have already filled in a Leasehold Information Form and sent it to our solicitor.I have now been asked to pay £120 plus vat for a LPE1 form via the management company. The solicitor has all relevant information including the lease....

I wonder if you would be able to advise on the above, please ?
Many thanks,
Beth...

Hi I have an ongoing Tribunal LVT case relating to Section 20, on account payment. The tribunal earlier this year ruled 1/3 in my favour but the management company’s’ on demand payment’ was upheld with slight reduction on the on amount payable. Th...

Is groundrent increasing every 10 years by RPI fair?...

I own 1 of 2 flats above a shop. The freeholder wants to turn the shop on the ground floor in a 2 bed flat. I have 2 questions. 1 what impact if any will this have on the current lease? 2. Are there any pitfalls / drawbacks that I should be aware of (beyo...

I am looking to buy a flat but my solicitor has noticed a potential defect in the lease that is being offered by the vendors. The flat sits on a piece of land which has a freehold interest. The flat occupies a smaller pice of land than the freehold intere...

Someones help urgently required. I have had countless sleepless nights and urgently need help and guidance on a shared freehold/lease issue...

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I am an owner of first floor flat (two in the building) I am in the process of purchasing the share of freehold. It apprears there is an unregistered land attached to the freehold. Is this land belongs to any flat or it is shared? Can the freeholder sell ...

Our neighbour's house (leasehold) has a flying freehold over our maisonette. Both properties were originally one house but have been divided. We live in the maisonette and own the freehold of both properties. The leases of both properties stipulate t...

I own a garage on nearby land rented from the local council. They have applied for planning permission to build two houses on the garage site. I bought my property because of the nearby garage which will now be more difficult to sell and the value of my p...

Why is a UK solicitor charging 'indemnity insurance contribution' relative to a lease extension transaction. There is no issue regarding 'title' - the lease landlord has extended the lease without any issues....

My eldest son is Personal Representative of his mother's estate(who died interstate) she has lived as leaseholder under a shared ownership lease in property and now my son wants to assign the lease into his name in place of his mother, but the housing ass...

I have just bought a flat which is part of a block owned and managed by a housing association. The sale is completed and we have signed the TR1.

I have a copy of a Lease document (with info about covenants, services, etc.) signed by our sellers when they...

can a freeholder refuse to answer pre contract enquiries? what can a purchaser do if the landlord does so?...

I'm in the process of buying a Freehold house that has a Leasehold garage. My seller has confirmed in writing that they have never been asked to pay their nominal £1 annual ground rent for the garage and that they have never been asked to contribute to a...

Is there a legal or a regulation that states a 1930's period property has to change the flat front door to FD30 doors, if there is nothing wrong with the existing doors?...

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We are interested in purchasing a cottage which is joining a pub. The stairs of the cottage overhang part of the pub and the pub landlord mentioned there is a lease for the usage of the stairs. Can you help us to understand this. ...

The house we are buying apparently has an absent landlord however the vendor and her neighbours have set up a Right to manage Company. Our solicitor says this is still defective title and that our mortgage lender wouldn't release the money on this basis ...

The executor of the estate for the ground floor flat has firstly extended the lease on this property to be able to sell it. He has now approached a company willing to buy the freehold for £16k. We feel this to be totally unfair and are taking the matter ...

I found a leasehold property, my offer was excepted.however, the state agent informed me that freeholder has lost interest in the property and no longer collect the ground rent.what would you advice to do in this situation? Is it safe to purchase this pro...

there is a restriction on my freeholders title, it requires written consent from various parties relating to "disposition". I am hoping to extend my lease however I am concerned that one of the persons named on one of the restrictions will say no (he has ...

Is a deed of variation which varies the rent in return for retospective permission for window replacement enforceable if it was not registered at the Land Registry 7 years ago.?...

I am in the process of purchasing a leasehold flat built in the 80s. Originally the flat was assigned a separate garage but it seems it no longer does.
The freehold documents show the garage was "determined" from the title and a separate lease for the gar...

we are 10 flats who also own our freehold. we have instructed a solicitor to act for us. He says that we also need an individual solicitor as well. Can we not do this bit ourselves?...

Can a landlord in a new deed of variation ask to 1. borrow funds if necessary to comply with covenents and claim back principal and interest from the service charge? 2. Ask to charge whatever fee is "reasonable" when there is a change of ownership without...

I have a large leasehold land. Can it be split and sold as 2 separate units. I can't locate the freeholder to check with (absent freeholder)....

I am selling a leasehold property with long lease. The original lease state that the block is edged in blue on the plan, but the blue is missing from plan. Also mentions a store plan, however it is not in the lease, I do not have a store with the property...

We own a freehold property and with this there is a piece of garden which is leasehold. The leasehold land does not have any access except via my house as part of my extended garden.

Absent Freeholder – no annual rent has been collected for over 30 y...

We handled our lease extension ourselves and have been told by the Land Registry that the original leasehold registration cannot be surrendered while there is an existing consent restriction. My question is should the landlord's solicitors have withdrawn ...

Hello, I am currently selling my first floor maisonette which has the share of the freehold with the ground floor one. My downstairs neighbours though are refusing to sign any LPE1 form or provode any info we require to answer some of our buyers' solicito...

I am purchasing a leasehold property and want to take down an internal wall, which is non load bearing. The lease details landlords permission is required. My solicitor has raised this as an enqury and I have asked them to obtain consent pre exchange. Do...

Whos responsibility is it to apply to the landlord for permission to assign the lease, The buyers solicitor, the sellers solicitor or the management company, this really does seem to be a grey area and is holding up and could possibly put my sale in jeapo...