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Entering into a residential lease involves complex legal considerations. We provide comprehensive advice that protects your interests, whether you’re a tenant or a landlord, ensuring your lease agreement is fair, clear, and legally sound.
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A Residential Lease is a contract between a freeholder and a leaseholder governing the relationship between them.
It contains conditions and rules under which the leaseholder occupies the property, for example, not owning pets or completing alterations without the freeholder’s consent.
Also, the lease document is not necessarily absolute, as regulations implied by law supplement the terms in the lease.
Residential leases are usually granted for 99, 125 or 999 years.
The length of a lease affects the value of a property. The longer the lease, the more valuable the property will be. If a property has less than 80 years left on a lease, you might consider extending it before sale or negotiating the purchase price before you buy.
For more questions on Residential Leases, please contact our solicitors on 020 3007 5500.
Your responsibilities as a leaseholder will be outlined in your lease agreement.
The lease agreement will state the ground rent and service charges you must pay. The agreement will also state your maintenance and repair responsibilities, if you are allowed to sublet, keep pets in the property, make alterations and more.
It is very important to seek advice from a property solicitor who will help you to understand your rights and obligations before you sign.
Depending on your situation there are multiple ways of finding out who your freeholder is.
Your lease is a legal contract between you and your landlord. If you breach the terms, the landlord may take legal action against you.
If the court decides that you breached the lease, it could order you to pay damages, legal costs and ask you to put right any breach if it is possible
The landlord may also try to evict you, which is called forfeiture.
If your landlord takes action against you for breach of the lease, you should get legal advice or a solicitor as soon as possible.
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