I am currently looking to extend my lease and am at negotiation stage with the freeholders surveyor. Would it be worth my while speaking to other leaseholders in the block about a collective extension or would it not make much difference in terms of the premium that would need to be paid for the extension? Thanks!
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You should ask if others are interested in 90 year lease extension ( to share the professional costs ) or
collective purchase of the freehold ( better to own the property rather than hold a lease which is only a long term rental agreement) . -
Thanks. Sorry i forgot to mention. The property is purpose built. I am under the impression i wouldn't be able to buy the freehold for a purpose built development? Is this right?Comment
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Detailed advice can be found here;http://www.lease-advice.org/publicat...nt.asp?item=11Based on the information posted, I offer my thoughts.Any action you then take is your liability. While commending individual effort, there is no substitute for a thorough review of documents and facts by paid for professional advisers.Comment
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Toilet overflows do not (usually) curve back to the wall, there is no need.
In fact most overflow into the pan unless it's a very old toilet with a seperate cistern.
Boiler overflows should curve back to the wall so that if the escaping water is hot it runs down the wall cooling as...07-07-2022, 16:15 PM -
An external water leak via a very short inward-curving pipe from an upstairs maisonette (owned by a freeholder, but inhabited by rental tenants) is pouring water down the outside wall of my kitchen (I am a leaseholder).
This water is making its way into my internal kitchen wall, probably...06-07-2022, 14:44 PM -
I suggest you lift up cover to the toilet water tank, to check if the water is escaping via the overflow pipe07-07-2022, 15:29 PM
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Reply to Landlord insuranceWhen you send a bill to demand payment , you should state the exact amount you want .
Its no good to demand 66.66% and get paid 66%.07-07-2022, 14:52 PM -
Hi, this may be an obvious question, but I own a share of the freehold in a Victorian house conversion. The split is 1/3 and 2/3 between the two freeholders. I have been sorting out the insurance and have billed the other freeholder for 2/3 but they say it should be 66%, which works out slightly cheaper....07-07-2022, 10:53 AM
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Reply to Landlord insuranceOriginally I had the entire freehold but this was split when I sold my flat. This lease says 66.66% as they have 2 floors. The basement lease, formed in 1984 says 1/307-07-2022, 13:41 PM
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Thanks, but such an incentive may land me in court!
The MA wants to wait for the Covid to clear so that an engineer can enter to fix the boiler, but I would like (in the immediate term) an external pipe fitted to channel this and any future water to the nearby drain hopper.
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If they leave the filling loop on it's likely to break something in the boiler - can't remember what it is but my T did this and flooded the flat below. It's supposed to be a closed system and topped up to a certain pressure. It is often possible to isolate the water supply to the boiler which would...07-07-2022, 12:56 PM
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The Director of the MA tells me that I cannot turn the water off if the property is inhabited (no reason given).
I checked this with the Fire Brigade - they say it would infringe upon human rights....07-07-2022, 12:44 PM
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