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Is Your Landlord Absent, Missing, Dead Or Just Lazy

Is Your Landlord Absent, Missing, Dead Or Just Lazy Whatever word you or the Law chooses the fact is that you need something from your Landlord but cannot contact them. You may need to extend your lease so that you can sell, remortgage or equity release your property....

When is an admin charge not an admin charge?

I seem to have a slight variation on an old problem and my searches for it do not yield an answer. The management company for the Freeholder is demanding £138 for a notice to sublet. I have referenced the tribunal findings that a maximum of £40 is allowed for such...

What is Collective Enfranchisement? A Guide for Leaseholders

You may have heard of collective enfranchisement in relation to residential flats, but what does it mean, and how do you know if you can use the…https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=c519c33e-7dc5-4cad-bd0e-3af5a303638c

Warehouse REIT and Walgreens Boots Alliance ink 10-year lease extension

Real estate investment trust Warehouse REIT and Alliance Healthcare, the distribution arm of Walgreens Boots Alliance, have agreed a 10-year lease renewal at Daneshill Industrial Estate in...

Barrick calls for 'partnership approach' to secure Porgera lease extension

Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp said on Thursday it conveyed the need for a &qu...https://uk.reuters.com/article/barrick-gold-papua-porgera/barrick-calls-for-partnership-approach-to-secure-porgera-lease-extension-idUKL4N24Y0WN

Lease covenants breaches by the Landlord

The freeholder of this residential block of 8 flats over commercial units (that exceeds 25% rules) have breached their covenants many times. The freeholders have given a long lease to their own LTD X (same shareholders) for the residential site of 8 flats and a court...

Leaseholders' roadshow offers hope to cash-strapped homeowners

Property owners stuck in troublesome leasehold agreements are being supported in an innovative expert roadshow launching in the Midlands next month. The event, in Lichfield, Staffordshire, comes as...

Intermediate leasehold interest?

We have a flat in a modern block with 81 years left of the term. We wish to extend the lease under the Leasehold Reform Act. However, between us 10 Under Leasehold flat owners and the Freeholder is a Head Leaseholder whose term is 10 days longer than the Underleases...