Leasesholder will not make repairs

[unique hosing]

Hello

Well where to start. I purchased the leasehold on a property a few years back. Now the freehold owner refused to do any mandatory maintenance and this caused damaged internally to my property. This subsequently got my flat condemned. On top of this the tenants left loads of rubbish and damage to the property. Recently the freehold has been sold so I decided to attempt to sort out the damage and refurbish the flat. The new Freehold owner is playing the same sort of games as the last. So I think they are connected somehow.

Now I understand the council can take action against him but this would include me also and could get really expensive. So I don't want to go down this route.

The weird thing is there is loads of grant money in the area. So most of the work would be covered by this money.

I have written to him a few times but does not answer any points of my letter.

Any ideas or useful info that might help me along the way????

I'll try and keep this thread current so others can see the developments.

[Poppy]

How many flats in the building? How many leases are owned by people not connected with the freeholder? Have you investigated the right to manage the building?

[Corinne Tuplin]

Hi there,

Poppy is right. As long as you have the co-operation of half the leaseholders (unless there are only two flats in the building, in which case both leaseholders need to participate), you can follow the Right to Manage statutory procedure in order to manage the property yourself.

For further guidance, visit the Pro-Leagle website at:
http://www.proleagle.com/righttomanage.htm

I hope this assists.

Best wishes,


CORINNE TUPLIN
DIRECTOR
www.proleagle.com

[Markonee1]

As a leaseholder you may be a qualifying tenant and that the sale of the freehold may have been a relevent disposal under the 'Right of First Refusal'...
Basically you and your fellow leasholders were entitled to purchase jointly at the sale price (and with no freeholders expenses) There are lots of caveats and a responsibility you may not want; but you do say grants are growing on trees:D
Read up on RFR...
Regards
Mark