Service charge clauses will generally include an obligation to pay a proportion of the cost of repairing and maintaining the common parts of the building and any other parts for which the landlord retains responsibility (e.g. the structure and exterior). The nature of the work covered by the obligation is a question of construction of the lease. Thus, the replacement of defective wooden framed windows with new double glazed windows was held to...

New freeholder rules regarding Ground rent, service or administration charge demands If you are the freeholder of a building and the flats are sold off on long leases and you manage the service charges including insurance etc., new rules affect you As from 1st October 2007 (England) and 30 November 2007 (Wales) new rules apply to freeholders or management companies who mange the freehold of a building. Normally this requires billing the long...

[source of below - http://www.jonathanberney.co.uk/index.cfm?asset_id=1419 ] Extending your lease If you are the Leaseholder of a Flat or House and your Original Lease is becoming shorter it can sometimes be a problem to sell the property to someone who needs a Mortgage. It is possible to extend the Lease of your property by virtue of the Leasehold and Commonhold Act of 1993 (as amended). As long as certain conditions are met, you can extend...

External parts A covenant to repair the external parts of a demised house comprises the partition wall between it and an adjoining house, even though the wall is not exposed to the elements, because the external parts of premises are defined as those which form the enclosure of them, and beyond which no part of them extends. [Green v Eales (1841) 2 Q.B. 225; Pembery v Lamdin, [1940] 2 All E.R. 43, CA.]  So where the local authority pulled down...