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LEASE 2011/12 training programme
For training on residential leasehold law.
Section 20 Consultation
Service charges for residential leaseholders
Shared ownership
Tackling bad management
Courses can be fully tailored to your requirements.
LEASE Articles
- Court of Appeal rules on what is a house
- What to do before repairing the roof (or other major works)
- Buying the freehold: set up a company or buy as trustees?
- Self-help - a useful option for the unhappy leaseholder
- Block vote - your right to take over management of flats
- Is a leaseholders ability to pay a service charge relevant to reasonableness?
- Should I be offered the right to buy the freehold of my building?
- How to discover what's behind your service charges
- Tenant's failure to respond to proceedings - default judgment in forfeiture for service charge arrears
- Pros and Cons of Buying the Freehold
- Extending a Flat Lease – The 80 Year Trap
- Tenant takeover
- Recovering payment out of time
- Recent cases on service charge accounts and recovery of costs
- Your rights when subletting
- How to Appoint a Manager
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Frequently Asked Questions
- The freehold has been sold without being offered to us. What can I do?
- I own the freehold of a building containing flats. The leaseholders want to buy the freehold. Do I have to sell it to them?
- I have a shared ownership lease. Do I have a right to extend my lease?
- What can I do if I disagree with an administration charge?
- What happens at the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) hearing?
- I am the leaseholder of a house. Who should arrange the insurance for the building?
- How long will it take to buy the freehold of my house?
- How do I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) for my service charge to be determined?
Useful addresses
Below are lists of addresses that you may find useful. Please note that inclusion in the list does not constitute a recommendation by the Leasehold Advisory Service.
College of Law legal advice centre |
Tel: 01483 216 528 |
LawWorks Mediation Scheme |
National Pro Bono Centre |
Coalition for the Abolition of Residential Leaseholds |
P.O. Box 26369 |
Association of Residential Managing Agents |
178 Battersea Park Road |
The Federation of Private Residents' Associations Ltd. |
PO Box 10271 |
London Forum of Council Leaseholders |
John Patterson |
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) |
The Stationery Office Ltd (TSO) |
British Property Federation |
St Albans House |
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
12 Great George Street |
Law Society |
113 Chancery Lane |
Association of Retirement Housing Managers |
3rd Floor |
Department for Communities and Local Government |
Leasehold Reform Branch |
Welsh Government |
Housing Directorate |
The Bar Pro Bono Unit |
289–293 High Holborn |
Companies House |
Crown way |
The Lands Tribunal |
Procession House |
The Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers |
3 Cadogan Gate |
Advice, Information and Mediation Service for Retirement Housing |
AIMS |
Land Registry Headquarters |
Lincoln's Inn Fields |
Treasury Solicitor |
Tel: 020 7210 3000 |
Council of Mortgage Lenders |
3 Savile Row |
The National Association of Estate Agents |
Arbon House |
The Association of Residential Lettings Agents |
Arbon House |