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Find the section of the lease that says what your obligations are for maintenance payments and read it carefully in case you’re either on the hook for more than you expect or - perhaps worse - there isn’t one.
The floor plan is there mostly to show which part of the building your lease is for. The internal layout is fairly irrelevant.
The layout will be how it was when the lease was created - which might not be how it was build.
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Thanks so much for this, that gets me comfortable! Sales listing said £500 p/year (5 flats in total) which I think mainly does the buildings insurance. Will get solicitor to check all and she is going to do me a report on it/explain everything.
Does the below concern you at all?
"The title for the block is made up of three parts:-
· The lease that you will be taking over (known as a sub-lease or under lease)– registered under title AV96701
· A lease to the Management Company (known as a head lease)
· The freehold (currently registered to two private individuals X and Y) – registered under AV23887
There is nothing wrong with this set up and you should not be overly concerned that there is an additional lease above yours.
At the moment the sellers have not provided me with a copy of the head lease or the title associated with it and this has been requested within my enquiries. Without this I cannot provide you with a full report in relation to your lease as there may be covenants (do’s and don’ts) contained within this lease that impact your own."