Category: The Buzz

 

Do you live here?

A reporter from this station is looking for cases of poor estate management in this area for an item. If you live here and are happy to speak please contact us on hornets@homeownersrights.net or use the site contact form. Thanks

 

Have you got a local group? It could be a Residents Association or an informal group which has been standing up for home owners rights locally for some time. If you would like to network with other local groups to share experiences and support each other please get in touch – you can use the site contact form.

A number of groups have already been in touch following the You and Yours article – we have your details thanks!

If there is sufficient interest we will add a local listing page to this site. Please provide an non personal email address for publication on this list.

Many leasehold house owners looking to buy their freehold are finding that they will still have leasehold like restrictive covenants and have to pay an estate maintenance charge. They are beginning to understand that their only advantage will be getting rid of the ground rent- although in many cases that is a huge one!

On private estates home owners pay to maintain land which was formerly adopted by councils, but is now retained in private hands. They usually have no say over how costs are incurred, and there is no alternative dispute resolution. If they don’t pay the rent charge, then a statutory lease can be taken out on their “freehold” property.  To sell houses as freehold with these conditions certainly could be considered as misrepresentation #fleecehold.
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