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Frequently Asked Questions
- I own a leasehold house. How much will the freehold cost?
- I want to extend my lease. Are there any additional costs payable other than the price of the lease extension?
- How can I buy the freehold of my building?
- How long can I extend my lease for?
- Why do I have to extend my lease?
- I own a leasehold house. How do I buy the freehold?
- What will it cost to apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT)?
- What happens if we cannot agree on how much the lease extension should cost?
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LEASE Reports
- Australian Field Study - March 2001 - Report by Peter Haler, Chief Executive, LEASE
<Web page> - Commonhold and Leasehold Reform, Response to Draft Bill and Consultation Paper, The Leasehold Advisory Service (October 2000)
<Web page> - Discussion Paper on Leasehold Reform (May 1998) - a joint submission by LEASE and the British Property Federation
<Web page> - Effects of the new legislation (Updated September 2003)
<Web page> - House of Lords rules on lease extension under the 1993 Act
<Web page> - Improving the standard of residential property management - Implications of Australian/ New Zealand legislation and practices. Report by Peter Haler, Chief Executive, LEASE
<Web page> - LEASE Statement following the Cadogan appeal decision
<Web page> - LEASE Statement following the Sportelli v Cadogan Court of Appeal decision
<Web page> - Leasehold Reform: The Way Forward (December 1999) (produced by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions)
<Web page> - Leasehold Valuation Tribunals determination under the Leasehold Reform Act 1993 - a statistical analysis
<Web page> - Relativity Graphs - based on LVT decisions up to January 2007
<Web page> - Residential Leasehold Reform in England and Wales (May 1999) - A Response to the Consultation Paper by the Leasehold Advisory Service
<Web page> - Residential Leasehold Reform In England and Wales Residential Leasehold Reform in England and Wales - A Response to the Consultation Paper by the Leasehold Reform Working Party
<Web page> - The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (Last updated April 2005)
<Web page> - The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) Corporate Plan for the period April 2005 to March 2008
<Web page> - The Sportelli Appeal
<Web page> - Transparency in Professional Fees - Response to Consultation Paper (July 2009)
The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the residential leasehold matters raised in the RICS’s consultation paper on ‘Transparency in Professional Fees’.
<PDF - 88KB> - When a Discount Increases the Price
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