Contact LEASE. The original freeholder is required to offer the freehold to long residential leaseholders. You can contact the Land Registry to find out the current situation and what they have as the registered address of the proposed purchaser of...
Each leaseholders lease is the key document and legally binding contract to the parties to it. If the lease specifically expresses that short term lets are not permitted then acting on behalf of the landlord ( Identified party in the...
If they are three separate long residential leases then they each hold a separate title to their own lease. Their share of freehold interest in the building structure and the land it stands on in joint three way ownership in...
Replying to previous post regarding buying 2/3rds of the freehold. The freehold of the building and the land it stands on has a class of title registered at HMLR, if it’s not registered ie no title, then HMLR recognises the...
Reply to the comment left by Tim Peters at 15/04/2026 - 11:25Just checked HMRC website regarding sale of freehold reversion held in a limited company and this is complex and legal advice should be sought. The limited company is a...
Reply to the comment left by Ben White at 11/04/2026 - 20:07Susannah R to R has fewer protections than ASTs and R to R only legal if your own Head leases specifically allows the agent to sublet.
Must admit I couldn’t follow previous responses so I turned to NRLA 2024 reports on Rent to Rent agreements and would recommend. Conclusions (1) market circumstances change and (2) most relevant- obtain legal advice to understand the legal implications of...
The claim is with the Poster as the lease contract is between the management company or landlord and the poster as tenant, and the leaseholder has a separate sublet contract with her tenant. The claim appears to be on the...
I may be quite incorrect but isn’t this structure the basis of freehold owning RMCs Resident Management Coys with no interest in the land embedded in the individual leaseholders titles. Leaseholders hold 2 roles 1. As joint legal owners of...
I’d be wondering why the agent didn’t carry out an inventory before returning the deposit and deduct the cost of removal of outgoing tenants unwanted furniture. And inform you. The poster said they ‘believe’ fitted wardrobes also removed by the...
Yes not unheard of directors capturing a management company in order to run it for their own benefit. You should put a monitor on the company at Companies House and go back to the year the company was set up...
So Commonhold can only be for new builds. Long residential leases are legally binding contracts granted out of freehold title or a long line of superior leases on land ownership settled in feudal times of which land ownership, as opposed...
There is also urgent need for training in transfer of freehold to Resident Management Companies and the two roles held by the leaseholders as shareholders under RMC articles and Companies Act and separately as lessees under their leases and their...
Legal advice should be obtained from law firms clearly specialising in property law, not a forum like this. Property law which involves trusts is complex
Taxation arises when the two leaseholders of the Management company holding a share in the freehold interest and the two different ways the freehold interest might be set up. The leaseholders ownership will have separately registered titles at the LR....
So think about taxation- 1. Mgt company (RMC) holds the freehold as trustee on bare trust 2. Mgt company (RMC) owns the freehold for the beneficiaries registered on Leaseholders titles So sale of lease with share in freehold is 1....
Rita Does your own lease contract permit the demise to be underlet and if so under what terms? Does it exclude separate rooms to be let? What are the specific terms /words of the clause in your lease? Do you...
AI search says that answers on LPE form must be accurate and if not eg not revealing existence of asbestos , then the landlord or management co who must complete the form in case of purchase of leasehold flat can...
It seems the issue or one of them is the leaseholder’s flat beneath posters flat doesn’t have contents insurance or landlords insurance if that leaseholder also has let their flat and is trying to get the poster to pay for...
24th April 2026, 14 hours ago
Contact LEASE. The original freeholder is required to offer the freehold to long residential leaseholders. You can contact the Land Registry to find out the current situation and what they have as the registered address of the proposed purchaser of...
Read More →23rd April 2026, 2 days ago
Each leaseholders lease is the key document and legally binding contract to the parties to it. If the lease specifically expresses that short term lets are not permitted then acting on behalf of the landlord ( Identified party in the...
Read More →19th April 2026, 6 days ago
If they are three separate long residential leases then they each hold a separate title to their own lease. Their share of freehold interest in the building structure and the land it stands on in joint three way ownership in...
Read More →16th April 2026, 1 week ago
Replying to previous post regarding buying 2/3rds of the freehold. The freehold of the building and the land it stands on has a class of title registered at HMLR, if it’s not registered ie no title, then HMLR recognises the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Tim Peters at 15/04/2026 - 11:25
Reply to the comment left by Tim Peters at 15/04/2026 - 11:25Just checked HMRC website regarding sale of freehold reversion held in a limited company and this is complex and legal advice should be sought. The limited company is a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ben White at 11/04/2026 - 20:07
Reply to the comment left by Ben White at 11/04/2026 - 20:07Susannah R to R has fewer protections than ASTs and R to R only legal if your own Head leases specifically allows the agent to sublet.
Read More →11th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
Must admit I couldn’t follow previous responses so I turned to NRLA 2024 reports on Rent to Rent agreements and would recommend. Conclusions (1) market circumstances change and (2) most relevant- obtain legal advice to understand the legal implications of...
Read More →9th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
The claim is with the Poster as the lease contract is between the management company or landlord and the poster as tenant, and the leaseholder has a separate sublet contract with her tenant. The claim appears to be on the...
Read More →23rd February 2026, 2 months ago
I may be quite incorrect but isn’t this structure the basis of freehold owning RMCs Resident Management Coys with no interest in the land embedded in the individual leaseholders titles. Leaseholders hold 2 roles 1. As joint legal owners of...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John McGuinness at 14/02/2026 - 10:10
“for some reason “. So the agent didn’t carry out an inspection? What are you paying them for?
Read More →13th February 2026, 2 months ago
I’d be wondering why the agent didn’t carry out an inventory before returning the deposit and deduct the cost of removal of outgoing tenants unwanted furniture. And inform you. The poster said they ‘believe’ fitted wardrobes also removed by the...
Read More →3rd February 2026, 3 months ago
Yes not unheard of directors capturing a management company in order to run it for their own benefit. You should put a monitor on the company at Companies House and go back to the year the company was set up...
Read More →2nd February 2026, 3 months ago
So Commonhold can only be for new builds. Long residential leases are legally binding contracts granted out of freehold title or a long line of superior leases on land ownership settled in feudal times of which land ownership, as opposed...
Read More →30th January 2026, 3 months ago
There is also urgent need for training in transfer of freehold to Resident Management Companies and the two roles held by the leaseholders as shareholders under RMC articles and Companies Act and separately as lessees under their leases and their...
Read More →24th January 2026, 3 months ago
Legal advice should be obtained from law firms clearly specialising in property law, not a forum like this. Property law which involves trusts is complex
Read More →24th January 2026, 3 months ago
Taxation arises when the two leaseholders of the Management company holding a share in the freehold interest and the two different ways the freehold interest might be set up. The leaseholders ownership will have separately registered titles at the LR....
Read More →23rd January 2026, 3 months ago
So think about taxation- 1. Mgt company (RMC) holds the freehold as trustee on bare trust 2. Mgt company (RMC) owns the freehold for the beneficiaries registered on Leaseholders titles So sale of lease with share in freehold is 1....
Read More →22nd January 2026, 3 months ago
Rita Does your own lease contract permit the demise to be underlet and if so under what terms? Does it exclude separate rooms to be let? What are the specific terms /words of the clause in your lease? Do you...
Read More →16th January 2026, 3 months ago
AI search says that answers on LPE form must be accurate and if not eg not revealing existence of asbestos , then the landlord or management co who must complete the form in case of purchase of leasehold flat can...
Read More →15th January 2026, 3 months ago
It seems the issue or one of them is the leaseholder’s flat beneath posters flat doesn’t have contents insurance or landlords insurance if that leaseholder also has let their flat and is trying to get the poster to pay for...
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