Buying your freehold
Consider the following 7 top tips when you consider buying your freehold:
- Establish clear organisation and leadership among residents
- Keep everyone informed on what is going on
- Be clear as to why you want to buy the freehold and become your own landlord
- Understand your objectives for the building
- Establish a fighting fund; it shows commitment
- Retain solicitors, valuers and managing agents who have experience of the process
- Be realistic in your expectations and timescale

Belinda Thorpe, Managing Director of Residentsline advises on how to prepare for buying your freehold with the following steps that... more »

The following steps need to be followed. In many instances several steps will proceed together. What ought to be borne in mind is that... more »

Background Certain tenants of long leasehold flats are able, upon qualification, to group together to request that their landlord... more »

If you want to buy the freehold to your block of flats (using the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, also... more »

If the residents in your block have ever thought about buying your freehold, here is Flat Living’s guide to the best way to go... more »

Before any tenants can collectively agree to enfranchise they need an idea of the possible purchase price so it is advisable to have... more »

It was not until the passing of the Leasehold Reform Act 1993 that flat owners were given the power to club together to force the sale... more »

Consider the following 7 top tips when you consider buying your freehold: Establish clear organisation and leadership among residents Keep... more »

Justin Bennett of Langley Byers Bennett explains the role of the surveyor when considering the route to enfranchisement. The chartered... more »

Before any tenants can collectively agree to enfranchise they need an idea of the possible purchase price so it is advisable to have... more »

Two questions: Does your property have at least two flats in it? Are at least two-thirds of the flats let to qualifying tenants? A... more »

Mark Chick from Bishop & Sewell LLP advises: The short answer to this, yes, provided that the area in question does not take up... more »

Thinking of buying your freehold? Yashmin Mistry cuts through the jargon and offers some advice to flat owners. Acquiring the freehold... more »

Yashmin Mistry of JPC Law highlights an area of law of most interest to leaseholders – the right to purchase the freehold of... more »

Much has been said about the Government’s current policy of encouraging the building of more homes in order to turn a “generation... more »

If you cannot agree the premium or other terms you can apply to the FTT for them to determine the terms. This application must be made... more »

Serving notice – don’t try this at home... Serving notice under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act... more »

We have served a Section 13 notice on our landlord and have not received a counter-notice. What can we do? In the Section 13 notice... more »

Lesley Davis talks to Alex Greenslade to find out more about ALEP and the way it works on behalf of members and the public The Association... more »