Owners of flats are often at loggerheads with The Freehold owner either because they are an absentee landlord and do nothing for the building or alternatively because they charge exorbitant fees to the leaseholders for various services. It is possib...

If you own a flat on a long lease and you pay an annual variable service charge, then the Landlord/Freeholder must consult you before they carry out works above a certain value or enter into a long-term agreement for the provision of services.