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Help needed re house purchase/redrafting lease agreements
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zareer
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hi, i could really do with some advice regarding my purchase of a 2-bed flat. the flat is is on the top floor - there are two other flats in the block and it is SoF.
The leasehold agreement that my solicitor received yesterday shows, however, that each owner is responsible for the external areas around their flat. This means that the ground floor flat is responsible for the entrance, ground floor communal area and the house's foundations. Yet it also means that I am responsible for the maintenance of the entire roof, which leaves me really worried!
My solicitor has told me that the lease agreements are flawed, and advised me that the only solution would be for all leaseholders to sign a new lease taking collective ownership for the communal areas.
Has anyone had experience of this? Is this a relatively easy thing to do? I love this house and have already spent so much on the surveyor/legal fees etc., I really don't want it to slip away. Any advice you can give would be most appreciated.
The leasehold agreement that my solicitor received yesterday shows, however, that each owner is responsible for the external areas around their flat. This means that the ground floor flat is responsible for the entrance, ground floor communal area and the house's foundations. Yet it also means that I am responsible for the maintenance of the entire roof, which leaves me really worried!
My solicitor has told me that the lease agreements are flawed, and advised me that the only solution would be for all leaseholders to sign a new lease taking collective ownership for the communal areas.
Has anyone had experience of this? Is this a relatively easy thing to do? I love this house and have already spent so much on the surveyor/legal fees etc., I really don't want it to slip away. Any advice you can give would be most appreciated.
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