leaseholdersProblem guide
Buying or selling a leasehold home
Leasehold sales often take longer than freehold ones. That is because the buyer's solicitor needs information about the lease, the service charges, how the building is managed and its fire safety documents. If it takes too long to get that information, a sale can fall through.
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What you can do now
- 1Find your lease and recent service charge bills.
- 2Note the names and contact details of your managing agent and freeholder.
- 3Ask whether there are fire safety documents for the building, such as an EWS1 form.
- 4Ask your managing agent how long they take to provide sale information, and what they charge.
- 5Register for the Sale-ready pack pilot.
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