Landlords

venomx

Might seem a simple question however. If you own an apartment do you have landlord or is that only for rental ?

G_M

Which country?

In England, most flats are sold leasehold. You own the lease but you have a landlord who owns the freehold (the ground and shared parts of the building).


Sometimes flat buyers buy both the lease to their flat and the freehold or a share of the freehold, in which case they are their own landlord.


In Scotland, things are different.

MovingForwards

He is in England.

With a rental you have a landlord and possibly a letting agent. They answer to the managing agent of the block if flats.

If you own the flat you might have a management agency or the owners might be the management company.

G_M

MovingForwards wrote: »

He is in England.

With a rental you have a landlord and possibly a letting agent. They answer to the managing agent of the block if flats, assuming there is one.

If you own the flat you might have a management agency or the owners might be the management company.

To be clear, the 'owners' you refer to are, I'm guessing, the freeholder(s).


The freeholder(s) are the landlord(s) of the leaseholder (who owns the flat).

MovingForwards

He has a landlord and the landlord (leaseholder) has previously referred to the managing agents (freeholder) in his post about getting a sky dish.

In the second part regarding if owner and not rented:
I'm referring to the owner as being the owner of the flat (leaseholder) with the managing agent being the freeholder.

Was trying to keep it easier for him to understand.

G_M

MovingForwards wrote: »

He has a landlord and the landlord (leaseholder) has previously referred to the managing agents (freeholder) in his post about getting a sky dish.

In the second part regarding if owner and not rented:
I'm referring to the owner as being the owner of the flat (leaseholder) with the managing agent being the freeholder.

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I'm confused.
'MovingForwards' - are you the same person as the OP ('venomx')?

If so, why the name change?
If not, please start your own thread so as not to confuse matters. Your answers are not helping venomx.

As for your post above, a 'managing agent' is not a freeholder. They are a company employed by the freeholder to manage the property on the freeholder's behalf.



And as explained, the freeholder is the leaseholder's landlord.

Cornucopia

What a confusing thread.

If this is all about a Satellite Dish, then it's simple. Whether the OP is a tenant or a leaseholder, they are likely to need permission to put one up. Who provides that permission (and how willingly) will depend on the exact circumstances.

MovingForwards

I am not the same person.

But am bowing out.

pphillips

I think the simplest way to explain things is that title to land in most cases is only freehold or a leasehold (this will be clear in the register of titles). The freeholder's title is for an indefinite period of time and the leaseholder's title is for a set period of time. It is possible to have more than one type of lease for the same piece of land (short leases don't need to be on the register of titles), but there is only ever one freeholder. It is not possible to be an owner of land (unless you are the monarch).