The new development at Blackhorse Lane is to be built by Taylor Wimpey even though the developer has yet to provide redress to thousands of leaseholders hit by their 2017 doubling ground rent scandal. We ask the council to safeguard…
Roger Southam, head of the Lease Advisory Service has resigned. This is long overdue given the conflicts of interest. His company Chainbow provided management companies for Taylor Wimpey developments, and in 2016 he was the director of no fewer than…
The National Leasehold Campaign is calling for a Select Committee Inquiry into the leasehold scandal. In the north east and Ellesmere Port area, developers like Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon sold houses as leasehold and over two years later the buyers…
Announced quietly over the Easter break, on April’s Fool day to be exact, were Saijd Javid’s plans to crack down on leasehold abuse. He intends to appoint a new regulator for managing agents, with powers to prosecute – putting them…
If you’ve been overcharged for a loft conversion or service charges, tell Sajid Javid! The Minister for Housing is keen on consultations. Last year he held one on leasehold and the Law Commission is tasked with coming up with reforms…
Leasehold tribunals are known to be conservative in their rulings but this week’s ruling was utterly shameful. Leaseholders at Citiscape in Croydon were told to fund the replacement of unsafe flammable cladding out of their own pockets! The building is…
