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
Court Costs/Withholding Service Charges by Wildean Started by Wildean, 25-01-2011, 18:53 PM	24 responses 5,928 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholder001 02-02-2011, 14:19 PM
Ground rent information missing from Lease by impules Started by impules, 01-02-2011, 13:43 PM	19 responses 2,923 views 0 likes	Last Post by jeffrey 02-02-2011, 11:33 AM
Service charge; common parts defects by ell1e Started by ell1e, 31-01-2011, 20:16 PM	2 responses 1,064 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholdanswers 02-02-2011, 11:18 AM
RTE Vs. Collective Enfranchisement & Invitation to participate by Bea Started by Bea, 18-12-2010, 12:51 PM	20 responses 4,013 views 0 likes	Last Post by Bea 01-02-2011, 19:58 PM
First Time Buyer/Shared Ownership - Lease questions - HELP!!! 81 YEARS REMAINING by harec Started by harec, 31-01-2011, 13:24 PM	13 responses 4,800 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholdanswers 01-02-2011, 17:08 PM
Must the freeholder state on an invoice that some reworks items are optional only? by walkinthepark Started by walkinthepark, 01-02-2011, 12:12 PM	3 responses 3,529 views 0 likes	Last Post by hollyhead 01-02-2011, 16:27 PM
How much to grant lease extensions? by hollyhead Started by hollyhead, 01-02-2011, 15:55 PM	2 responses 781 views 0 likes	Last Post by hollyhead 01-02-2011, 15:59 PM
Buying first property - Leashold flat - Seller has not got the share certifcate? by steve1983 Started by steve1983, 29-01-2011, 16:49 PM	38 responses 4,624 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholdanswers 01-02-2011, 12:55 PM
Managing agents ridiculous solicitor charges by alisheikh Started by alisheikh, 31-01-2011, 14:50 PM	4 responses 1,209 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholdanswers 01-02-2011, 11:10 AM
Poor managing agents by Matt63 Started by Matt63, 30-10-2010, 16:41 PM	33 responses 6,443 views 0 likes	Last Post by leaseholdanswers 01-02-2011, 10:59 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

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 the leaseholders paying...
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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

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
Reply to Section 20 costs

by lampshade

It occurs to me and others that there us no responsible person. How can work so important be neglected for over 2 years and all thagt has happened is that leaseholders have been made to pay £000s each, for work that has not been carried out....

I and other leaseholders, are pretty...
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27-05-2022, 13:06 PM
Section 20 costs

by lampshade

Having been issued with a section20 that requires a lot of expensive works to common area doors and the like, I am wondering what the situation is regarding an increase in quotations already given.
Materials prices are rising fast and we have no idea when the works will start so given that we...
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18-11-2021, 06:32 AM
Reply to Old managing agents accounts

by jazzythumper

Since we have no reconciliation accounts, and the old managing agent didn’t pass on any account or funds to us, we have no way of knowing whether the debt was wiped with the sale of the freehold which I suspect it was. Sadly I don’t think it seems there is any way tl
find this info out?...
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27-05-2022, 11:14 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

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