I support commonhold, but I would not make it mandatory
Local government should have been put in charge of implementation over building safety, not policy-makers in Whitehall
Errors were made in Building Safety Act over pensioners with small buy-to-let portfolios who are now non-qualifying leaseholders for remediation funding. It needs to be fixed
Ditto, it was never our intention to hinder right to manage or enfranchisement for leaseholders caught up in the building safety crisis
Robert Jenrick should be given more recognition from leaseholders for getting money out of the Treasury
In an exclusive interview, former leasehold and building safety minister Stephen Greenhalgh talks to Sebastian O’Kelly, of LKP
Sebastian O’Kelly: The Thatcher and Major governments were both capable of reforming leasehold and put through laws.
For councils, the fire-door manufacturers and managing agents imposed on leaseholders by monetising freeholders … when it comes to fire-doors an “everything must go” approach is invariably favoured. That explains why Southwark Council (below) prefers to spend £2,267 of other people’s money rather than just repair a bit of broken glazing
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire door guidance
1.1. The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 were placed on the statute book on 18 May 2022, and came into force on 23 January 2023.
Six leaseholders in Bristol have been charged – and have paid – £785.82 in lost interest for ground rent that was not charged for five years owing to “an oversight” by Malcolm Warner’s Pediment Properties Limited.
Landlords have the right to claim back unpaid ground rent going back six years, but they cannot add interest payments to the sums left unpaid owing to their own carelessness.
Five of the six leaseholders at St John’s Court in central Bristol paid up the demands for interest, but Verity Hobbs paid the outstanding ground rent only and disputed the demand for interest.
Nigel Glen discusses the potential impact of Net Zero targets at the LKP / APPG meeting in February
Nigel Glen last week ceased being the executive chairman of the Property Institute – the new rebranding of ARMA and IRPM – to become a non-executive director of FirstPort’s parent company Emeria.
The move raises questions about the direction of the Property Institute, which many managing agents – and LKP – deprecate as a mixing of different functions.
