Should you wait for reform before extending your lease?
Lease Extensions Should you wait for reform before extending your lease? The 2024 Act's headline changes are still not in force. Our leasehold solicitors explain where reform stands in 2026 and when waiting is the wrong call. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page What has actually changedWhy it is taking so longThe case for […]
The eighty-year threshold, and why it beats every other date in your diary
Lease Extensions The eighty-year threshold, and why it beats every other date in your diary Marriage value makes extending a lease sharply more expensive below 80 years. Our London leasehold solicitors explain the arithmetic and the deadline that matters. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page What happens at eighty yearsThe date that fixes itTwo […]
Your landlord has offered to extend the lease. Three things to check first
Lease Extensions Your landlord has offered to extend the lease. Three things to check first A landlord's informal offer can be better than the statutory route, or considerably worse. Three things London leaseholders should check before accepting. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page One: what happens to the ground rentTwo: your mortgage, and a […]
Shops beneath the flats? The 25% rule still applies to buying your freehold
Collective Enfranchisement Shops beneath the flats? The 25% rule still applies to buying your freehold The non-residential limit rose to 50% for right to manage in 2025 — but not for buying a freehold. A point widely misreported, explained by our London solicitors. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page The rule, and the change […]
Why freehold purchases fail, and it is rarely the building
Collective Enfranchisement Why freehold purchases fail, and it is rarely the building Most failed freehold purchases fail because the group did not hold together, not because the building was ineligible. Practical advice from London enfranchisement solicitors. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page The building usually qualifiesFour ways groups come apartThe date that costs moneyWhat […]
Buying your freehold in 2026: what reform would change, and when
Collective Enfranchisement Buying your freehold in 2026: what reform would change, and when Marriage value, the 50% limit, leasebacks and costs — what the reform Bill would change for freehold purchases, and the realistic timetable. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page What is promisedWhere it has got toSo do you wait?What we would do […]
If you are a director of your building’s freehold company, this one is for you
Landlords and Resident Management Companies If you are a director of your building's freehold company, this one is for you If you are a director of your building's freehold company you must verify your identity with Companies House. The transition period closes in November 2026. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page What has changedWhy […]
Duval, and why a landlord may not be free to be helpful
Landlords and Resident Management Companies Duval, and why a landlord may not be free to be helpful Where a lease obliges a landlord to enforce other leaseholders' covenants, permitting one leaseholder to breach may put the landlord in breach to everybody else. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page The problem in a sentenceWhy it […]
The service charge unfairness the Tribunal cannot put right
Landlords and Resident Management Companies The service charge unfairness the Tribunal cannot put right Where apportionments total exactly 100% but are distributed unfairly, the Tribunal has no jurisdiction to vary them. What landlords and leaseholders can do instead. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page Where the power comes fromThe limitation that surprises peopleWhat can […]
Nobody has collected the ground rent for years. Who owns your freehold?
Missing Landlords and Vesting Orders Nobody has collected the ground rent for years. Who owns your freehold? An absent freeholder is not the dead end it appears. Our London leasehold solicitors explain the four situations and what to do first. Reviewed 25 July 2026 On This Page Four problems that look identicalWhat to do first, […]