The Government’s proposed reforms to service charges propose that managing agents publish an administration charge schedule at the start of each year. This would include fees chargeable for permissions or deeds of variation. Currently leaseholders are at the mercy of…

There’s still another couple of weeks to complete the Government’s consultation on service charges. Here’s why it’s worth your time. Service charge disputes typically arise over a lack of detail about what’s been spent and why. The reforms propose a…

Service charges, for many leaseholders, have been increasing year on year, way beyond inflation, often with no accountability, and with no easy legal recourse. So the Government’s new consultation on how to implement reform is welcome. Walthamstow’s Warner flats typically…

One of many questions arising from Lord Justice Holgate’s denial last week of a request by leaseholder groups for representation at a judicial review that will affect their interests. The judicial review was called in January at the request of…

Last week the Government announced its commitment to commonhold – a welcome move as the leasehold reform measures passed last year did not include this. Commonhold is a better form of tenure because there is no longer a lease that…

The Government yesterday published a welcome white paper on commonhold. It goes further than the leasehold reform measures proposed by the last Government, which didn’t mention commonhold, although most reform campaigners want to see leasehold ultimately replaced with it. The…