Deed of Variation

[Jane Goodwin]

I am hoping i am in the correct forum!!

We have been selling our leasehold property for the last 5 months. We knew we would have to get a deed of variation completed with Taylor Wimpey and that part of it has gone relatively smoothly.
My solicitor has tried to make an application...

[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...

[Bobby Bakshi]

Hi, I have a lease for an old tenant that did not pay me any rent. I have now found the lease some years on (5 years on) and the dated lease date is in August 2013 and the lease started in January 2013. Does this now make the lease defective and therefore I am not able to make a claim against the company...

[marcosc92]

I currently live in a new build house which i have been in for almost 3 years. When i bought the house it was sold to us as leasehold.
I have read a lot in the news about the leasehold scandal which is going on about ground rents doubling every ten years causing leasehold house un-sellable....

[Sunniva]

Hello. 2 weeks ago I have moved in into a studio apartment on a 6 months lease, the studio next to me was empty and other studios were occupied by 1-2 adults. But around a week ago a family has moved in into the studio next to me, with a child that's around 3-4 years old, and possibly another older...

[EdenVale]

Hello we currently have a property advertised for rent in England and one prospective tenant wants to take a 2 year fixed term to start with. I would normally say 6 months to start with, so we can each be sure that it’s suitable, make sure he pays the rent, is a good tenant etc. Is it normal for tenants...

[shancock79]

My upstairs neighbour has recently purchased the lease for our property- not illegally but in a highly underhand fashion (but that’s another story!)

I own the ground floor flat and she owns the upstairs flat, it is a Victorian terrace conversion (2 flats only). According to the lease...

[Floatingcity]

I have recently become a joint owner of a commercial property and find myself with a tenant that has been on the site for 70+ years. They have no lease and carried out very little repair or maintenance to the property over the last 30 years. Originally the land owners were also the business owners so...

[tomwarren]

I'm a tenant, approaching 60 days from the end of my 1-
year fixed term lease, a standard AST in England, rent
paid monthly.

I haven't decided yet whether to stay or go at the end of
the fixed term. I'd like to look around at alternatives,
but as it's more than...

[MRMTD]

Hi all,

I own the freehold of a mixed commercial/residential. Ground floor is a retail unit with three flats above sold on long lease. I am looking to extend the ground floor and use some of the existing retail space to create a new flat at the rear. Could some kindly help me answer the...

[chiaraemme]

Hello,
we've been living in the same place for the last 5 years and each year we've renewed the contract with our landlord and agreed with any increase of rent. (started from 1777£ p/month now our rent is 2950£). Our current lease is ending the 1st of February 2018 and the landlord is now telling...

[ready2learn]

Hello community


The freeholder of my mortgaged property is requesting additional service-charge payments. They allegedly under claimed on my charges due to a glitch in their 'system'. The letter does not contain information about the amount due or a breakdown of these outstanding...

[chrisj]

Hello,

I am a leaseholder of a flat which has a non-functional stopcock (can't be turned off) that is located outside of the demised flat in the internal communal corridor in front of the entrance door of the flat.

I appreciate that there was an older post with similar subject...

[scooter08]

Advice needed, please.

We recently took our l/l to court for non-protection of deposit. To cut a long story short, the court dismissed the case on the grounds that the tenancy was of mixed use class due to use also renting a shop on the side of the house (in the extension) therefore commercial...

[MTM]

Do I need the consent to let the property from the freeholder if my lease states the following and the term of the lease is 87 years?

“Not to assign transfer let or part with possession of part only of the Flat and
in any event not to assign transfer let or part with possession of...