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Hi, I would like to wait too to see any new legislation but the said leaseholder has already approached the freeholder. I mistakenly thought the freeholder has to notify leaseholders of the impending sale but what do I know. I can’t see anything in the lease to say the freeholder has to tell us first or offer the freehold to us. The lease was written badly by a solicitor with mistakes which can’t be rectified without spending lot of money . I am worried because the leaseholder who wants to buy the freehold is not a good landlord himself , he has no management experience ,does not answer emails , his aim is to rip us off , so I am worried. I will never buy another leasehold property , nothing but a permanent headache. we probably won’t know if the leasehold is sold till it’s done.

I have a studio in leasehold building of 5 flats, converted building with shop below on two floors , ground and basement. One of the leaseholders wants to buy the freehold because he does not like our management company. My question is can the current freeholder sell the freehold to this leaseholder without telling us? The current leaseholder is ex solicitor who bought the freehold without our knowledge . I am worried . Help appreciated.

Thank you. we have just been served section 20 notice. we know we have to pay the 2.5% management fee, thats ok. the surveyor charge 12.5% from the quote we accept, why would he get a good quote! Higher quote more money. as the surveyor is involved can we still get our own quotes? having used a surveyor to get quotes we expected to get detailed quotes as he is a professional however the quotes did not even state which quality Lead will be used around the chimneys and dormers , it is important detail and not specifying it the builder will use the cheapest Code3 Lead for sure which is not acceptable. I know lot about this type work as I managed a complete replacement of a roof including roof trusses ,4 dormer’s etc ..I bought all materials myself and employed all individual tradesmen, all went well. I am not looking to do this as it’s not my building but I know what is involved. none of the quotes included any warranty ,the building has a history of bad roof repair so needs to be done properly.

Hi, I have a small studio in a small terrace block of converted building, it has 5 flats in all and business on ground floor and basement. The management company said a year ago that there are leaks from the roof to a flat below, emergency repair needed. Which is true. Several quotes were given by 3 different companies all around £3800 plus our management fee 2.5%.so not a lot. For reason I don’t know they were not accepted. Nearly a year later nothing has been done. Scaffolding was put up to inspect the roof by the companies and then taken down ,however 4 months ago our management informed us that they were not experienced to manage the repair. Really ? Not complex repair ! They said they will get a surveyor to get quotes and to oversee the repair. The repair consists of removing small amount of roofing felt, tv areal’s temporarily off chimney’s, re point 2 chimneys and re flash with lead . Not a huge job but will required scaffolding on both sides of the terrace building. Yesterday they sent us the quotes the surveyor obtained , all 3 quotes over £50000 yes fifty thousand pounds plus 12.5% surveyor fee plus Vat plus our management fee of 2.5%. Its an absolute rip off. What can we do ? Do we have right now to refuse the lowest quote and get our own quotes? where do we stand, help much appreciated.