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Court appointed manager – a brief guide

Court appointed manager – a brief guide

Where the landlord has management responsibilities or has the powers to appoint their own managing agent, it is possible for leaseholders to apply to the First Tier Tribunal for a management order under section 24 of the landlord and tenants act 1987 The grounds for making an application are; The landlord is in breach of […]

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Common Ground Comment – Why leasehold should be banned

Common Ground Comment – Why leasehold should be banned

Lets not mince our words. Feudalism shouldn’t exist in the 21st century but it does. It’s called leasehold. The Government had the chance to end this practice in 2002 with the Commonhold and Leasehold reform Act 2002 but they failed to make commonhold compulsory so nothing changed. Why? Money as ever. Owning freeholds is a […]

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The Right to Manage – A brief summary

The Right to Manage – A brief summary

When the Government introduced the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 it provided leaseholders with a right to take control of the management of their building. This process is known as the Right to Manage and is open to all owners of private leasehold flats subject to a few perfectly reasonable criteria. No failure on […]

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Property Ombudsman Scheme

Property Ombudsman Scheme

The industry is unregulated although some moves have been made to try to make managing agents more accountable. From 1 October 2014 anyone who is engaged in property management work became legally required to belong to one of the following government approved redress schemes. This requirement means leaseholders and freeholders dealing with property managers will […]

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Form a Recognised Tenants Association

Form a Recognised Tenants Association

A tenants’ association is a group of tenants (normally leaseholders) who hold houses or flats on leases/tenancies from the same landlord on similar terms. A Recognised Tenants’ Association is one where the members have come together to represent their common interests so that the association can act on the tenants’ behalf, and which has been […]

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