No Pets Allowed Q: We are a block of 20 apartments. Our lease (we are freeholders) states quite clearly, when originated some 30 years ago, that NO pets are allowed. Over the years the committee, on compassionate grounds only, have allowed new owners/renters who already had a pet to keep them …but not to replace …
Q: We have one copy of the lease of easements for the 22 properties on our estate. They are stored in a metal box in the property of our former Chair. Should these be kept in a safety deposit box? Is there any requirement? I have looked into renting a secure box in a bank …
Q: A new leaseholder, without permission, has broken through the external wall to install an external water tap and an external electricity box. The latter has been removed and you can see the holes that remain in the brickwork. The Management Company does not wish to allow the tap to remain either as this may …
Q: Our lease does not specify any rules, guidance or boundaries of responsibility for the use of, maintenance and insulation of loft space. Following an initial request to install loft insulation and use of loft space for simple storage from one owner, we would value further advice on the following: Expense – Are we (the Management …
Q: Two leaseholders consistently refuse to replace their windows. The last remaining flats to replace their window frames is proving a challenge. We have just carried out external painting and repairs to the wooden frames which has shown they are now beyond a proper repair and potentially dangerous due to the condition of the wooden …
Q: We have an established and RTM Co and we are in charge of all the maintenance of the building. Several months ago the freeholder, who still owns 4 out of 12 flats in our small mansion block, started on a complete refurbishment of one of his flats. We were invited (NB only after all …
Q: My wife and I are freeholders of a block of nine flats of which we have sold four flats to long leaseholders and rented out the other four flats. I wanted to have a Deed of Variation to allow the long leaseholders to sublet their flats without the restriction of only being allowed to …
Q: Our development comprises two types of properties: one section is made up of flats for which all the residents pay rent to a housing association (our landlord); the other section is a block of flats which are sold leasehold on the open market. Both sections are for the “over 60’s”. Our Board of Directors …
Q: You have been most helpful in the past in interpreting our lease and we are writing now to ask for clarification of a point which may be of equal interest to other Residents’ Companies or Associations. Our query relates to a Lessee’s ability to sub-let an apartment. In reality, approximately a quarter of our …
Q: We are seeking some guidance / legal advice regarding short term lets in our building. We think (and hope) that they are in contravention of the lease and we are looking at how to proceed with preventing the ones that are being let. We do have a number of lets on ASTs which we …