Guides
Guides for leaseholders
Free expert guides on your rights as a leaseholder. From taking control of your building to challenging unfair charges.
Right to Manage
RTM · Management · 15 min read
Eligibility, notices and responsibilities for taking over your building's management in England and Wales, including reforms already in force.
Your lease and freehold
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Lease Extensions
Lease · Property Value · 12 min read
Statutory flat lease extensions in England and Wales: eligibility, the 80-year threshold, costs and reforms awaiting implementation.
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Collective Enfranchisement
Freehold · Enfranchisement · 15 min read
Eligibility, notices and costs when leaseholders buy their freehold together in England and Wales, with current rules separated from pending reforms.
What you pay
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Service Charge Disputes
Service Charges · Disputes · 10 min read
How to challenge variable service charges through the First-tier Tribunal in England or the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in Wales.
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Section 20 Major Works
Major Works · Consultation · 10 min read
Section 20 consultation rights for major works and long-term agreements, including thresholds and differences between England and Wales.
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Ground Rent
Ground Rent · Costs · 6 min read
Ground rent in England and Wales: payment notices, current protections, lease extensions and proposed changes to existing rents.
When things go wrong
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First-tier Tribunal
Tribunal · Disputes · 10 min read
Applications, fees, evidence, costs and appeals for leasehold disputes in England’s First-tier Tribunal, with links to the separate Welsh system.
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Building Safety & Cladding
Safety · Cladding · 12 min read
Building safety protections and cladding funding in England, including eligibility, funding routes and the proposed remediation Bill.
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NHBC Claims
New Builds · Defects · 6 min read
How NHBC Buildmark claims work, why your policy edition matters, and where to take a complaint about a new-build warranty.
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