Your Leasehold
YOUR LEASE, YOUR RIGHTS AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Quiet enjoyment:
You have the right to the quiet enjoyment of your flat without interference or nuisance from your neighbours so long as you keep to the conditions of your lease.
Your Responsibilities:
As a leaseholder you have taken on a number of responsibilities under the lease agreement. This is not only in your own flat, you have in effect become a shareholder in the building where your flat is and have some responsibilities for the block.
Repairs and Maintenance:
You are responsible for keeping the inside of your flat in a reasonable condition and not doing anything or allowing anyone living with you, renting or leasing your property or visiting you to do something resulting in damage to the flat or building. You have a duty to report damage or faults you find in the building to your landlord.
Living with your neighbours:
Like you others in the building have the right to quiet enjoyment to their homes. You must make sure that you or anyone living in your flat does not cause a nuisance to others. The council will take action against nuisance neighbours and both tenants and leaseholders risk loosing their homes if they cause a nuisance.
Service charges:
You have taken on the responsibility to pay towards the costs of repairing and maintaining the building (and estate) and the services provided by the management company for example, caretaking, grounds maintenance and concierge services.
Failing to pay your service charges can put your home at risk and is against the conditions of your lease.
