Long Leasehold Questions

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Sticky: FAQ On Leasehold Property Issues-Your Answer Might Be Here by leaseholdanswers Started by leaseholdanswers, 29-05-2014, 08:36 AM	3 responses 9,468 views 0 likes	Last Post by Moderator2 17-06-2021, 21:40 PM
Share of Freehold by jannet Started by jannet, 08-09-2011, 20:26 PM	1 response 773 views 0 likes	Last Post by Gordon999 09-09-2011, 06:58 AM
Advice please need to sublet by ncc Started by ncc, 04-09-2011, 17:48 PM	9 responses 1,150 views 0 likes	Last Post by ncc 08-09-2011, 15:16 PM
Change to Service Charge percentages to Long Leaseholders by allewitor Started by allewitor, 05-09-2011, 07:30 AM	8 responses 1,088 views 0 likes	Last Post by Sad Sam 07-09-2011, 21:37 PM
expensive works by Mrs Dingle Started by Mrs Dingle, 04-09-2011, 00:02 AM	15 responses 2,653 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholdanswers 07-09-2011, 20:29 PM
electricity meters by impish Started by impish, 03-09-2011, 10:43 AM	5 responses 1,118 views 0 likes	Last Post by impish 07-09-2011, 15:43 PM
Incorrectly demanded inadvance Service Charge? by Sad Sam Started by Sad Sam, 07-09-2011, 12:15 PM	7 responses 764 views 0 likes	Last Post by rgk 07-09-2011, 15:23 PM
Threat of Court Action after withholding service charges by Elemy Started by Elemy, 08-10-2009, 15:28 PM	19 responses 6,443 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholdanswers 07-09-2011, 14:47 PM
A Question of valuing freehold: by ACD1960 Started by ACD1960, 06-09-2011, 16:41 PM	2 responses 968 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholdanswers 07-09-2011, 14:27 PM
Landlord's Building's Insurance- Leaseholder right to change? by Gaz64 Started by Gaz64, 07-09-2011, 11:02 AM	1 response 841 views 0 likes	Last Post by Gordon999 07-09-2011, 12:21 PM
Unauthorised dwelling advice by doctoro Started by doctoro, 05-09-2011, 16:16 PM	6 responses 1,288 views 0 likes	Last Post by ram 06-09-2011, 10:45 AM

Reply to Share of feehold/shared service charges?

by eagle2

The cost of extending a lease is not a service charge expense so there is no reason to allocate it on the 38/31/31 basis, your offer to split those costs equally seems to be reasonable. It is up to the freeholder to decide what is fair and reasonable for the service charges and it is up to the other...
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28-05-2022, 05:29 AM
Share of feehold/shared service charges?

by Stu1020

Hi there,

I'm new to the forum and looking for advice on a sticky freehold situation.

I own a two-bed flat in a converted building with two one-beds. The lease states that a fair proportion is payable towards the service charge. However, there has been a running agreement of...
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20-05-2022, 11:39 AM
Old managing agents accounts

by jazzythumper

Since obtaining the RTM and changing the managing agent, we have never been given full accounts / receipts for the previous year(s). We believe that as the old freeholder and leaser holder of one of the flats were represented by the same solicitor that prior to the sale of the freehold, we were subsidising...
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20-05-2022, 11:21 AM
Reply to Old managing agents accounts

by eagle2

Unless the handover took place at the end of the financial year, it is the RTM's responsibility to produce the annual accounts. You could try making a formal complaint against the agent to supply copies of all supporting documents, it should belong to a redress scheme. The difficulty is that the agent...
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28-05-2022, 05:05 AM
Freehold confusion

by davetg

30 years ago I bought a flat from a friend. The freehold at the time was registered to my friend and the lady who owned the other flat. I understood at the time that I would replace the friend on the freehold but this never happened. This was not a problem until now as when work on the structure of...
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24-05-2022, 14:29 PM
Reply to Freehold confusion

by CStevens

davetg,

The property should be registered so the land registry should hold a copy of the leases. You would need to look at the leases to see who is responsible for what but normally in a maisonette situation the freeholder would insure and maintain the structure, foundation and roof with...
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27-05-2022, 21:58 PM
Reply to Freehold confusion

by CStevens

Yeah i guess i would agree with that but, as you say, the value is only to the leaseholders and a freehold subject to 999 years is not worth a great deal of money to anyone other than the occupants and in fact, if the leases are drafted correctly, they should require the leaseholders to become members...
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27-05-2022, 21:52 PM
2-1 transfer - what does Freeholder do?

by Flashback1966

I am a Freeholder. Have a flat there too. I have received an email from the leaseholder's soclitors acting for Mr A. They are doing a 2-1 transfer from the names of Mr A and Ms B to just Mr.

The solicitors want to know the requirements on completion.

Is is just a notice of...
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26-05-2022, 18:46 PM
Reply to 2-1 transfer - what does Freeholder do?

by Gordon999

Flashback1966,

I suggest you reply to leaseholder's solicitor and request a copy of the land registry title to confirm the name of new leaseholder plus £15 registration fee.
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27-05-2022, 18:05 PM
Reply to Freehold confusion

by davetg

Thanks for the replies:-
My friend is alive and well and shows up on google as he is very high up in a big American telecoms company so I should be able to get back in touch.

I can't see my friend having any problem with the TR1 me replacing him on the freehold was always what was...
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27-05-2022, 16:50 PM

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