House has two leases, can I buy the freehold or head lease?!

[Emiden]

I am in an area of the country where the council retains the freehold on developments - ostensibly to avoid fragmentation of estates. My developer owned the head lease when I bought the property, and has since sold it to a leasehold management company. The head lease is a peppercorn rent to the council...

[calyps]

Hello All,

I own a mortgage free house but due to work reasons, I may need to move to another city which may not even be commutable from my home so I am thinking of renting a property in the new city for myself (to get used to surroundings) and offset the rent expense by renting out my...

[AJ2]

Hey all,

I just need some advice on paying my bills. I live in a 4 bed house where I rent one of the bedrooms. When I first moved here the idea was that the other bedrooms will be occupied asap and that we would split the bills between four rooms. One of the bedrooms was occupied by the...

[joana]

Hey,
I recently moved in a house with my boyfriend. Where he lived for two months. But I moved there recently and I noticed strong smell of mold. The mold there is on the windows, walls and probably under the wooden floors, which we cant clean. Since I am asthmatic this is big health risk for...

[Alaint]

We own a 1930s semi detached house with a leasehold that has roughly 920 years to run on it. Our annual ground rent is £4.50. We recently enquired with our landlord about getting an extension done to the property and they instructed a surveying and property development company to handle the query....

[NewAdventure]

I've got a house with 4 double bedrooms, one of which is an ensuite.

What's best way to rent it out to 4 people (either 4 students or 4 professionals)? I don't need to get any license I've checked as long as it's let out to maximum 4 people.

I was thinking to let it out room...

[NewAdventure]

If one lives in South London and can raise around £120k via private funds for property investment. Is it better to purchase 1 bigger more expensive property e.g. 3 bed house (£350k-£375k) or purchasing two smaller properties (1 bed flats each which £230k-£240k)?

Which strategy is a...

[NewAdventure]

I have a 2 bed house with parking and garage in Morden area which can be let out for £1200 which has to target small families.

I would like to be able to rent out ground floor and first floor separately with two different Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreements then in that case ground floor...

[LawStudent1990]

Hi everyone,

I'm finding it very difficult to find a lender who will finance my buy to let mortgages on properties which are worth less than £35K. I've been through a couple of brokers with no luck, and have tried other reseach methods to no avail.

Does anybody have any...

[Stephthestudent]

How many adults (Students) can live in a 3 bed house?

Currently

1 couple sharing, and 2 single residents in 2 rooms(3 rooms total)

would we be able to have 2 couples sharing (2 rooms) and one single resident in 1 room (3 rooms total)

House...