Retrospective consent / breach of lease - non-structural alterations

[hml____]

Hello, advice please - I've scouted round the forums but can't find an answer to my specific question.

I bought a leasehold flat in 2020 and carried out some building work in the same year - installation of a new kitchen, removal of a stud partition wall between the kitchen and living area,...

[OhNelly]

Hi all,

I moved into my first flat 5 years ago. The first two years I received service charges which was dually paid. For the next 3 years I requested service charges each year from the managing agent , which they never did.

They have finally sent a demand through which has...

[LeeMac]

Hi All,

I wonder if anyone can help. My troublesome tenant reported that there are no fire doors in the building to the Fire Service who inspected my top floor flat and then sent a report to Private Sector Housing, who are now set to inspect my flat next week. My tenant has 'advised' that...

[Shimlamiah]

Hi I am desperate for some help and advice please. I used a company to do my planning and building control permission, during which time I also sought freeholder/landlord permission - this was in April. I was advised by the company that I could do the works without freeholder permission. Yesterday I...

[canarm]

The owners mortgage has a disposition of transfer of lease, from other legal web sites, the same wording has trained legal professionals saying, it does not allow subletting.

I will explain the relationship.
The owner uses a housing charity, the housing charity puts tenants into the...

[natt48]

Hello All,

I've recently become the freeholder to a block of 6 purpose built flats. I'd like to offer informal lease extensions to the leaseholders. Do you know a solicitor who has a history of acting for freeholders. Our search on the web only seem to find solicitors who promote services...

[Pinups]

Hello, my leaseholder owes several years of service charge and has therefore breached his lease. I am planning on going down the FTT and section 146 route, as my lease has this clause in it:

"To pay to the Lessor all costs charges and expenses (including legal costs and fees payable...

[Farrella]

Hello, I bought the freehold of a building where the two out of four flats belong to one long leaseholder who clearly committed mortgage fraud a few years ago to acquire the flats. It's a classic case where the leaseholder is not the actual beneficiary of the purchase, and the mortgage value was way...

[Ponge]

I am currently trying to rent my flat out and I wrote to the freeholder to ask their permission, as advised by my Letting Agent. They have responded with the below which I think is outrageous and daylight robbery. Are they really allowed to charge £2000 premium? Seems to me they are trying to make...

[London123]

I'm one half of the 2 freeholders (2 out of the 3 flats in a converted victorian building), the 3rd person is on a long leasehold with ownership of the majority of the garden.

A small section of the garden is retained by one of the freeholders. The freehold is managed through a company...

[dericS]

Hello,

I own a leasehold flat. The flat is part of a 1930's property which was converted into TWO flats several decades ago. The owner of the second flat is also the freeholder of the entire building. Recently the owner of the second flat rented it to some students. The students themselves...

[wanpang]

I have bought a flat, one of 5 converted from a commerical unit, with full planning and building control consents. Unfortunately, I have just found out that the developer, the leaseholder, converted them without the consent of the freeholder. Legal action is now being taken by the freeholder against...

[owenlara]

I am in the process of extending my lease. I have not yet owned my flat for 2 years, so cannot proceed under section 42. I wanted to get it done as soon as possible though as my lease now has less than 70 years remaining. I bought it for £209k in August 2011 and the lease commenced in June 1983....

[AlexHD57]

Hello all,

New here so hope I'm not asking the obvious.

I'm looking at a flat as a project/btl investment. This property is a repossession and the agents tell me they have been advised by their client (the mortgage company presumably)that there are outstanding services...

[theta]

Hello,

I have a question with regards to financing works in the common areas of a building that I am the freeholder of. Under the terms of the lease, the freeholder has the obligation to arrange for those works, and the leaseholders have the obligation to pay for.

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