New build home purchase

Numanfan1979

Hi I’m buying a new build home and it is advertised as freehold. However on my solicitors financial statement there is a cost against ‘freehold property with leasehold title fee’. Is that another money making scheme? I didn’t have to pay that on my last house? 

RedFraggle

Is there a garage that's leasehold?
Also worth checking about estate maintenance charges

ThorOdinson

Sounds like a scam.

SarahB16

Only one way is to find out exactly what it relates to and come back on here and let us know.  We can then provide you with our opinions.  At present not enough information to say. 

kingstreet

Is there an estate/service charge for the upkeep of communal areas, such as mowing grassland?

MyRealNameToo

Numanfan1979 said:

Hi I’m buying a new build home and it is advertised as freehold. However on my solicitors financial statement there is a cost against ‘freehold property with leasehold title fee’. Is that another money making scheme? I didn’t have to pay that on my last house? 

And what has your solicitor said when you asked them?

kingstreet said:

Is there an estate/service charge for the upkeep of communal areas, such as mowing grassland?

That would be odd to call the service charge a leasehold 

kingstreet

MyRealNameToo said:

Numanfan1979 said:

Hi I’m buying a new build home and it is advertised as freehold. However on my solicitors financial statement there is a cost against ‘freehold property with leasehold title fee’. Is that another money making scheme? I didn’t have to pay that on my last house? 

And what has your solicitor said when you asked them?

kingstreet said:

Is there an estate/service charge for the upkeep of communal areas, such as mowing grassland?

That would be odd to call the service charge a leasehold 

True, but you never know.

MyRealNameToo

kingstreet said:

MyRealNameToo said:

Numanfan1979 said:

Hi I’m buying a new build home and it is advertised as freehold. However on my solicitors financial statement there is a cost against ‘freehold property with leasehold title fee’. Is that another money making scheme? I didn’t have to pay that on my last house? 

And what has your solicitor said when you asked them?

kingstreet said:

Is there an estate/service charge for the upkeep of communal areas, such as mowing grassland?

That would be odd to call the service charge a leasehold 

True, but you never know.

I'd put my money either on a property with a garage in a block thats leasehold or a coach house with one or more garages below that are leasehold to someone else. You could be right though