"Freehold reverting back to the queen"

prudryden

Think of the kudos - you can say I'm a member of the Queen's household.

noyk

I think it reverts to the crown estate - http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/

sarah_elton

Xbigman wrote:

Do you mean there is no management company or the like? If so then who are they paying ground rent or maint charges to? In any event the leaseholders responsibilty should be outlined somewhere, IE in the lease. If the crown takes over the leaseholders responsibilities and it includes maintenance then they must legally honour the terms of the lease.

As I understood it there was a company that both owned the freehold and acted as managers. But they went bust at some point (I don't know why the assets weren't sold off), and the freehold and therefore I assume management responsibility went back to the crown.

I agree the crown would surely have to take responsibility, my concern would be how good they would be to actually deal with. I have a leasehold flat and my management company do a great job, and respond quickly to any problems.