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LEASE Training
LEASE Webinars
Join us on Tuesday 29 May at 13:00 for Right of First Refusal - dealing with the difficulties, a presentation and discussion led by Senior Adviser Nicholas Kissen. Book now.
LEASE 2011/12 training programme
For training on residential leasehold law.
Section 20 Consultation
Service charges for residential leaseholders
Shared ownership
Tackling bad management
Courses can be fully tailored to your requirements.
LEASE Articles
- Court of Appeal rules on what is a house
- What to do before repairing the roof (or other major works)
- Buying the freehold: set up a company or buy as trustees?
- Self-help - a useful option for the unhappy leaseholder
- Block vote - your right to take over management of flats
- Is a leaseholders ability to pay a service charge relevant to reasonableness?
- Should I be offered the right to buy the freehold of my building?
- How to discover what's behind your service charges
- Tenant's failure to respond to proceedings - default judgment in forfeiture for service charge arrears
- Pros and Cons of Buying the Freehold
- Extending a Flat Lease – The 80 Year Trap
- Tenant takeover
- Recovering payment out of time
- Recent cases on service charge accounts and recovery of costs
- Your rights when subletting
- How to Appoint a Manager
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Frequently Asked Questions
- The freehold has been sold without being offered to us. What can I do?
- I own the freehold of a building containing flats. The leaseholders want to buy the freehold. Do I have to sell it to them?
- I have a shared ownership lease. Do I have a right to extend my lease?
- What can I do if I disagree with an administration charge?
- What happens at the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) hearing?
- I am the leaseholder of a house. Who should arrange the insurance for the building?
- How long will it take to buy the freehold of my house?
- How do I make an application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) for my service charge to be determined?
Performance Statistics
This page contains links to information on how LEASE is performing in terms of output, quality, and financial information.
Performance
LEASE monitors its performance against key targets, as part of its commitment to continually improve its service.
Performance statistics for Q1-Q3 2011/12 (PDF)
Performance statistics for Q1 and Q2 2011/12 (PDF)
Performance statistics for Q1 2011/12 (PDF)
Performance statistics for 2010/11 (PDF)
Performance statistics for Q1-Q3 2010/11 (PDF)
Performance statistics for Q1 and Q2 2010/11 (PDF)
Performance statistics for Q1 2010/11 (PDF)
Performance statistics for 2009/10 (PDF)
Procurement expenditure, including VAT, greater than £500
As part of the government’s commitment to transparency, departments, agencies and arm’s length bodies have been asked to open their books. LEASE is publishing procurement expenditure data monthly (see below for downloads).
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend April 2012
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend March 2012
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend February 2012
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend January 2012
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend December 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend November 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend October 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend September 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend August 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend July 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend June 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend May 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend April 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend March 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend February 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend January 2011
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend December 2010
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend November 2010
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend October 2010
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend September 2010
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend August 2010
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend July 2010
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend June 2010
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend May 2010
Leasehold Advisory Service procurement spend April 2010
Procurement Spend 2009-10 - LEASEHOLD ADVISORY SERVICE
This data is freely re-usable under the same terms as data.gov.uk (external link).
We have saved and published the information in a CSV file format so that it can be easily read in a variety of formats and applications.
Senior staff data and organogram
Senior staff posts Leasehold Advisory Service October 2010
Senior staff pay dataset Leasehold Advisory Service October 2010
Organogram Leasehold Advisory Service December 2011 (link to data.gov.uk)
Organogram Leasehold Advisory Service October 2010 (PDF)
If you have any enquiries relating to any of the data provided, please send an e-mail to dataquery@lease-advice.org. Our staff will aim to provide a response to your enquiry within 10 working days. Whilst we aim to be as transparent as we can, there may be some cases where we will need to withhold information that could be regarded as sensitive for commercial or security reasons or to protect personal privacy.