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Advice

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Only call the numbers below if you are familiar with the LKP website and feel your issue can only be dealt with on the phone

We have an LKP site map, which is alphabetical in categories and in mentions of freeholders, managing agents, blocks, etc. It is enormous, but worth a look for articles about your concerns

Cladding

What you need to know about EWS1

Service Charges

Service Charges: What they are, when they are abused and how to fight them

Inspecting service charge accounts

After seven efforts at reform Sections 21 and 22 of Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 are still flawed service charge protections

Administration Charges

Administration Charges: Traps for the unwary

Forfeiture

Forfeiture: the nuclear weapon of landlords

Forfeiture: The Law. A Section 146 notice of the Law and Property Act 1925

Ground Rent

Ground rent: never don’t pay this

Section 20

Major works consultation under Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

Section 20: Analysis of Daejan v Benson

Advice to local councils and housing associations

Procedures for private landlords

When social landlords reduce costs

Housing Disrepair Protocol: When leaseholders need a landlord to do major repairs…

South Cliff Tower and Southdown Surveyors regarded £3m repairs consultation as ‘something to be endured’ rather than ‘influence decision making’

Taking back Control

Recognised Tenants’ Associations: first steps to empowerment

Full right to manage guide and forms

Right to manage summary

Information about your landlord (though you may never know who he is)

Louie Burns: Simple Guide for Leaseholders

Court appointed manager

Court-appointed managing agent

Section 24 court appointed manager orders can be the last resort for leaseholders, but beware messing them up

War of attrition against court appointed manager at Canary Riverside

Extending your lease, buying your freehold

Right of first refusal

Collective enfranchisement

Collective enfranchisement (valuation)

Informal lease extensions are pure poison…

The dirty tricks in formal lease extensions

Missing freeholders

Should I extend my lease now or wait for government reforms?

Are you paying too much for your lease extension?

Marriage Value: How your freeholder hitches a ride on the uplift of value on your flat

Insurance

Insurance in the leasehold game

Shared ownership

Shared ownership

Shared ownership: Immensely complex; nothing shared when it comes to costs; clever ‘investors’ scent a revenue source to replace ground rents

The Courts

LKP guide to the property tribunal

Leasehold disputes: County court or property tribunal?

Mediation: does it work?

Forms and guides for leaseholders in England

Housing disrepair protocol

What is the housing disrepair protocol?

Tools to support leaseholders with lease issues and disputes

Downloads and resources and our help form.

Templates & Resources

Forms and Guides

When it goes badly wrong

Join the National Leasehold Campaign

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can our managers get rid of our dog?

Can our managers get rid of our dog?View Answer

How can I track down all the other leaseholders?

How can I track down all the other leaseholders?View Answer

Why are we blocked from controlling our own residents’ management company?

Why are we blocked from controlling our own residents’ management company?View Answer

We extended into the loft, and now downstairs wants £30,000

We extended into the loft, and now downstairs wants £30,000View Answer

Is the price of insurance whatever the landlord can get away with?

Is the price of insurance whatever the landlord can get away with?View Answer

I am late with MY £250 ground rent and now they want £1,250

I am late with MY £250 ground rent and now they want £1,250View Answer

Should I extend my lease now, or wait for the reforms?

Should I extend my lease now, or wait for the reforms?View Answer

What can I do about our rogue landlord when we can’t go RTM?

What can I do about our rogue landlord when we can’t go RTM?View Answer

I want to fight the service charges in tribunal, or should we go right to manage?

I want to fight the service charges in tribunal, or should we go right to manage?View Answer

I am withholding £4,000 service charges because of bad management. Is this risky?

I am withholding £4,000 service charges because of bad management. Is this risky?View Answer

Is 25% commercial the kiss of death?

Is 25% commercial the kiss of death?View Answer

Has our freeholder committed a crime by ignoring our Right of First Refusal?

Has our freeholder committed a crime by ignoring our Right of First Refusal?View Answer

Why should I pay £130 for subletting, when Upper Tribunal said £40 was enough?

Why should I pay £130 for subletting, when Upper Tribunal said £40 was enough?View Answer