RTM Question - Leaseholder moving house

richdeniro

Hi There,
Just looking for some advice as I currently run the admin of the RTM myself and two other leaseholders have for our terrace conversion (three self contained flats).
All has been going pretty well with it and we run it fairly informally through a Whatsapp group and I take care of doing any admin i.e. the bank account, building insurance, companies house, etc.
However one of the leaseholders has sold their flat and is now moving, her solicitor has sent some questions my way which include; confirming if any notice is to be served to the management company and if there are any fees to join.
I've looked on Google and as usual there are a million confusing links - as far as we're concerned I would have thought as we do it informally there would be no notice and I could just remove her via the companies house website on the day they complete and replace her with the new leaseholder incurring the small fee that Companies House charge to do it. 
Is it this simple of would we need to inform the landlord and would there be additional fees from them, etc?
Thanks in advance!

greatcrested

The RTM company is not the freeholder's concern.

Though the buyer may (probably will) have to inform the freeholder separately - but that is not your concern.

By 'notice' did the solicitor mean does the RTM company have intention to serve a S20 Notice on leaseholders regarding planned future works? Or simoly notice of the change of ownership?

If the latter, what notice do you want/require regarding the ownership change? eg Notification of the new owner's name by him or his solicitor within, say, 21 days of Completion?

From the sound of it you don't want a fee, though that might be something to consider between the 3 of you for the future.

richdeniro

Thank you - was just to do with the shareholders notification on companies house, nothing else.