Lease Covenants help

md1288

I have a noisy neighbour and need to check the lease covenants to see if they were allowed to make alterations to their property. I rent mine but they own theirs although both properties are  in the same building. Can someone give me a step-by-step as to where I can check this? Can I check theirs somehow? The estate agent suggested I check both, which is confusing. 

user1977

Go to the Land Registry for a copy of the lease.

But is there a connection between the noise and their alterations? Even if their lease prohibits it, that's not going to be something you're able to enforce (your landlord might).

Marky4040

md1288 said:

I have a noisy neighbour and need to check the lease covenants to see if they were allowed to make alterations to their property. I rent mine but they own theirs although both properties are  in the same building. Can someone give me a step-by-step as to where I can check this? Can I check theirs somehow? The estate agent suggested I check both, which is confusing. 

HI There, leasehold veteran here.

You will need to obtain a copy of the lease from the managment company or freeholder for your apartment, you cannot ask for your neighbours. The lease title at the land registry is unlikely to list the infomation your after.

As a general rule of thumb, a leaseholder can do any internal alterations they want as long as it isn't a load bearing wall or party wall. they cannot make any alterations to shared services coming into the building such as the water supply or electrical supply.

The freeholder owns the land the building sits on and all extrenal walls, the leaseholder owns the walls inside the apartment and the right to occupy, thats it.