Buying the freehold on your leasehold property can be a sensible move, giving you more control over the property as well as reducing or eliminating many ongoing costs involved in being a leaseholder, such as ground rent and service charges. The exact...

If you own a leasehold flat, it’s important to understand the process for renewing your lease, as well as your right to do so and when is the right time to renew. The reason this is so critical is because the time remaining on the lease can make a big...

Services charges, and increasingly ground rent as well, are a common cause of disputes between leaseholders and their landlords. Depending on the circumstances, you may be able to challenge these costs or even take over the management of your building,...