Churchill Estates Management Lease

Shaggyrat

Hi All

I live in a block retirement flats that has recently been taken over by Churchill Living. We have a legacy lease which I believe differs significantly from a standard Churchill living lease.

Is anyone out there able to supply me with a standard Churchill lease please?

martindow

Won't your existing lease continue as it is? I wouldn't think that the sale of your block could allow changes to it, unless you consider Churchill's superior and want to negotiate a new lease.

eddddy

Different Churchill properties can have different leases.

But as mentioned above, your lease won't change.

It's also unlikely that you could get changes made to the rules (covenants) in your lease. The way leases are written generally means that all leases in the block must have the same rules (covenants). So everyone in the block would need to agree to the changes (or it could be done by a tribunal/court).

And changing leases is a big deal. You'd need to instruct a solicitor, etc.

HouseHuntingAmy

Slightly outside what I know, but one practical thing I picked up while house hunting: you can order an official copy of any registered lease from HM Land Registry for a few pounds, so you do not need Churchill to hand you their standard one. If you want to compare, you could pull the lease for a flat in another of their blocks that way, though you would need the address. As eddddy and martindow say, your own lease should carry on as it is after a change of freeholder, so it may be worth asking yourself what you hope to change. If it is about service charges or management rules, the leaseholder rights are separate from the lease wording, and a free first call to something like LEASE (the government backed advice service) is a good place to start.