LVT

Just because you don't have an absolute right to extend your lease, you can always try to extend you lease via negotiation. Fridays can handle your negotiation and other lease extension duties for you.

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 sets out the basic ground rules for service charges, defining what is considered a service charge, setting out requirements for reasonableness and for prior consultation for leaseholders.  Prior consultation is required in respect of certain costs and any costs...

In the case  Akorita v 36 Gensing Road Ltd,  the Lands Tribunal considered whether or not the leasehold owner  had been properly served with a notice under s.20 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. This was essentially an appeal case given that the case had earlier been heard by the...

Can I challenge service charges? If you pay service charges that are variable and consider that you should not have to pay for an item, that the quality of work is inadequate, or that a charge is not reasonable, then you may have the right to challenge that part of your service charge at a...

In the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal ( LVT ) case relating to a flat in London N11 on  3rd February 2009, the tribunal considered whether insurance premiums charged by the landlord were reasonable, even though the tenants had obtained significantly more competitive quotes – some being...

The Times has recently published an article advising how leaseholders can fight back on exorbitant service charge invoices.Leaseholders who are unable to resolve their concerns about service charges by direct dialogue with the landlord or managing agent can also take their case to the Leasehold...

You would be forgiven for feeling baffled by the law of lease extensions as it so complex and quirky as to baffle more than a few conveyancing solicitors.

Lease extension premium conveyancing advice.

The most common dispute in both collective enfranchisement claims and lease extension claims pursuant to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 is the dispute over the premium to be paid. There is also, however, often some confusion about when all the terms of acquisition are...