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continualdiamond
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Do you have to apply/ask the landlords permission to do everything to the property?
Looking to put double glazing in, 3 windows and a back door. 1 window would involve enlarging. Also looking to completely do up the back garden.
If you do need permission, do you just contact the leasehold company?
Looking to put double glazing in, 3 windows and a back door. 1 window would involve enlarging. Also looking to completely do up the back garden.
If you do need permission, do you just contact the leasehold company?
Mummy to two girls: October 2013 and February 2016
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You definitely do need freeholders permission regarding the windows & if enlarging is involved then possibly permission from the council building dept. too. I'm sure someone else here will advise you on this aspect.
If you have a managing agent then make your request to the freeholder through them, putting it in writing. If you have no managing agent & pay ground rent & other charges direct to freeholder then you need to write to him.
In one victorian purpose built flat I lived in we were not allowed to change the windows or main doors to the front, but permission was given to change windows & doors to the rear of the properties.
If the garden is part of your flat then I wouldn't think it necessary to seek freeholder's permission to do the garden, unless you were thinking of building some sort of structure out there.The bigger the bargain, the better I feel.
I should mention that there's only one of me, don't confuse me with others of the same name.0
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