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Where Your Service Charge Really Goes… And What Happens When It Doesn’t Arrive

A friendly, slightly sarcastic, extremely honest guide for leaseholders everywhere. Today’s blog is one I never want to write, but here we a

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Why Mondays Matter: New blog introduction

Why Mondays Matter: Reflections on Change and Connection

Ah, Monday, the gear shift after the slower pace of the weekend, the reset button nobody asked for, and in our little office, a guaranteed r

Being very new to blogging I want to share my latest addition. I would love any feedback to help me grow, I have a passion for helping others and sharing my knowledge in my work field, specially to humanise property and estate management. In my new blog today I reflect on the changing digital world in property management and how it effects our older clients more than ever. Please share your constructive thoughts so I can improve, but please be kind.

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Remember when Marco Rubio helped his drug-dealer brother-in-law get a real estate license?

Remember when Marco Rubio helped his drug-dealer brother-in-law get a real estate license?

Neither did I… narcorubio? ❝Marco Rubio’s presidential aspirations have long been dogged by vague unsubstantiated allegations that he is a “risky bet” with skeletons in his closet that could prove damaging in a high-profile election. This week, Scott Higham and Manuel Roig-Franzia of the Washington Post became the first reporters to put some meat on these bones with a story alleging that as…

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New Post has been published on Mind the Flat Blog http://www.mindtheflat.co.uk/blog/buying-a-leasehold-property-in-the-uk-2/

Buying a Leasehold property in the UK

All properties in England and Wales are either freehold or leasehold. If you buy a freehold property you own the property and the land it sits on, whereas if you are a leaseholder, you’ll have to pay an annual charge, known as ground rent, to the freeholder who is the legal owner of the land on which the building in located. Freeholders are sometimes referred to as 'landlords' or 'lessors' instead leaseholders can also be called 'tenants' or 'lessees'.

But what is actually the lease? It is a legal contract between the freeholder and the leaseholder. It explains the rights and responsibilities both leaseholder and the freeholder have. In particular, the lease gives you the right to live in your home for a certain amount of time and the ownership of the property is limited to that set period. The majority of leases are granted for 99 years, but they might also be as long as 999 years. You can possibly extend the lease, but this can be expensive. When the lease expires, ownership of the property reverts back to the freeholder. In London, approximately all flats are leasehold.

What expenses do leaseholders have? If you buy a leasehold property, you will be paying extra on-going expenses and those charges will vary from one property to another and can be expensive.

As a leaseholder you may have to pay:

ground rent for the land on which the property is built

service charges for maintenance, minor repairs and cleaning

pay a proportion of building insurance

contribution for major repairs.

The good news is that some of the leaseholder’s expenses, such as ground rent, repairs and building insurance can be offset against rental income, resulting in a tax saving. It is also worth noting that legal and professional fees in relation to a lease renewal of less than 50 years, may be allowable expenses too, with the exception of situations where a premium is paid on a lease. You should contact professional property tax advisors, such as Rita4Rent to find out which expenses are allowable against your rental income.

The law relating to a leasehold property can be very complicated and it needs to be to be exanimated carefully by a solicitor or conveyancer as part of the legal preparation involved in buying. You also need to make sure there are no unreasonable conditions about how you use the property.

Problems with the lease and possible dispute about repairs between seller and other leaseholders and/or the freeholder should be sorted out before contracts are exchanged. This might cause delays but it is usually much easier than dealing with the problems after you move into your leasehold property.

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Look at these LOVELY  entranceways on Swan Housing's Exmouth Estate.

Brand new, weather proof, with integrated video security systems, we LOVE these new entrance ways.

Tower Hamlets never properly maintained the old entraceways, which were run down and open to the elements.  Both leaseholders and tenants love these new entraceways and apprecate Swan Housings hard work.

Thank you Swan Housing !

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When Swan Housing took over the Exmouth Estate in 2005 it was sorely in need of renovation.  One of the primary concerns of residents was SECURITY.  Swan Housing kept these concerns in mind and the quality of their work is obvious.  These new entranceways are solidly made, and operate very well.  We residents love these new entranceways on the Exmouth Estate that Swan Housing has installed.

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Residents of The Exmouth Estate love the work Swan Housing has carried out on The Exmouth Estate. Leaseholders love Swan Housing, tenants love Swan Housing, we all love Swan Housing

Thank you Swan Housing !!