Why you need to extend your lease and how to go about it
Following the Building Safety Act, in this article, Leasehold Specialist Richard Ramshaw details why you might need to extend your lease, how the process works, the costs involved and more.
Your guide to the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022
In this article, Leasehold Property Solicitor Richard Ramshaw looks at the upcoming Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act, discussing when its coming into force and how it will affect lease extensions.
Contacting your freeholder for a Deed of Variation
Richard Ramshaw outlines how to write a deed of variation letter and contact your freeholder. She then discusses what to be cautious of in the freeholders offer and provides the steps involved in variation.
A guide to what's involved in the Informal Lease Extension process
Richard Ramshaw, Leasehold Property Solicitor at Frettens, looks at the Informal Lease Extension route. She provides advice on contacting a freeholder, how to write an extension enquiry and what to look out for in the terms of extension.
Deed of Variation for ground rent
My freeholder has offered me a deed of variation to vary my ground rent - What should I do? Ground Rent increases are a hot topic at the moment; and some leaseholders have had a deed of variation offered to them by their freeholder. Richard Ramshaw looks at how deeds of variation can be used to vary ground rent.