News On The Block

The Big Health & Safety Lie

We often hear from clients ‘Is all this “Elf ‘n’ Safety” nonsense necessary, it’s only a residential property after all!’ Sadly “Elf ‘n’ Safety” makes the job of the professional advisors so difficult to put over the very real legal obligations that face our Clients.

Lease Case Study - The "Ping-Pong" Freehold

This interesting case involves a block of eleven purpose-built flats. Unhappy with their Landlord, a group of 5 Tenants investigated the possibility of enfranchising the block and acquiring the freehold.

Alep 2011 seasonal drinks reception

Over 120 members and non-members attended the ALEP Seasonal Drinks Reception in December 2011 for a festive evening of networking with their enfranchisement colleagues.

Leasehold Forum Conference

At the recent Leasehold Forum Conference, James Wyatt, Head of Valuation at John D Wood was forthright in giving a personal view that the basis on which deferment rates were set in the leading Sportelli decision is incorrect and that there is no reason to assume continual upward growth in the property market.

This year, turn over for a new lease

The value of thousands of flat owners’ properties will reduce if they do nothing and hope for the best. Many leases are dated at the end of the quarter, particularly June and December.

Recovering your Legal Expenses 

Insurance providers have offered legal expenses insurance policies in the property owner and property management sector for many years. Many of today’s insurance policies miss a critical component by not fully protecting the policyholder against legal costs incurred by defending applications made to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT).

This industry means business

In conjunction with News on the Block, Brady Solicitors commissioned an independent market research company to undertake an in-depth telephone survey into the changing pressures, opportunities and challenges faced by the property management industry.

Issue 58 Out Now!

Issues with Headleases

Imagine a headlease of a block which consists of ground floor commercial premises, common parts, and 20 flats, 15 of which are held by qualifying tenants, four of which are occupied by assured shorthold tenants and one of which is a caretaker’s flat.

Does your building qualify?

Once leaseholders have the desire to pursue the collective enfranchisement process, on occasion, valuable time spent on background investigations into title set up, qualifying criteria etc is often overlooked.