Hi all,
I live in a block of 25 leasehold flats. We have a management company/RMC (made up entirely of leaseholders) and the Freehold is held by an outside company.
The RMC wants to install a gate at the entrance to our car park. Do we need permission from the Freeholder?
The leases state that leaseholders must get the freeholder's permission to make alterations to their own premises (apartments) but nothing about whether the RMC needs permission to make alterations to the common parts (which include the driveway where the gate would be installed).
The leases also say that the RMC can provide any other equipment which in the opinion of the RMC is necessary.
We would need to make holes in the pavement to install the gate posts but other than that there would be no actual alterations to the Freeholder's property.
I read on the Leasehold Advisory Service that if the leases don't specifically prohibit alterations then they can be made, but as the RMC and the leaseholders are one and the same in our case it is a little confusing.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
I live in a block of 25 leasehold flats. We have a management company/RMC (made up entirely of leaseholders) and the Freehold is held by an outside company.
The RMC wants to install a gate at the entrance to our car park. Do we need permission from the Freeholder?
The leases state that leaseholders must get the freeholder's permission to make alterations to their own premises (apartments) but nothing about whether the RMC needs permission to make alterations to the common parts (which include the driveway where the gate would be installed).
The leases also say that the RMC can provide any other equipment which in the opinion of the RMC is necessary.
We would need to make holes in the pavement to install the gate posts but other than that there would be no actual alterations to the Freeholder's property.
I read on the Leasehold Advisory Service that if the leases don't specifically prohibit alterations then they can be made, but as the RMC and the leaseholders are one and the same in our case it is a little confusing.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
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