The LEASE Advisory Guides provide detailed advice on the core issues that affect leasehold property. They are written, and regularly reviewed, by our team of professional legal advisers.

Please remember that these are guides only, and are not a substitute for personal legal advice.

Links to the Guides are listed below in alphabetical order:

Advice guides

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
  Introduction to Mediation, Arbitration, Adjudication
  <Web page> <PDF - 177KB>
• Application to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal
  outline of applying to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal under its various jurisdictions, save for valuation applications
  <Web page> <PDF - 465KB>
• Appointing a Managing Agent - The need, selection and working with them
  a guide to assist those looking for a managing agent
  <Web page> <PDF - 398KB>
• Appointment of a Surveyor/Management Audits
  leaseholders' rights to management information under 1993 and 1996 Act powers
  <Web page> <PDF - 698KB>
• Collective Enfranchisement - Getting Started
  for buying the freehold of flats
  <Web page> <PDF - 147KB>
• Collective Enfranchisement - Valuation
  an outline of the valuation principles to determine the price for acquiring the freehold of a building containing flats under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
  <Web page>
• Form of Rent Demand Notice
  <PDF - 47KB>
• Form of Rent Demand Notice (Wales)
  <PDF - 274KB>
• Houses - Qualification and Valuation
  for buying the freehold of leasehold houses
  <Web page> <PDF - 312KB>
• Lease Extension - Getting Started
  an outline of the right to extend the lease of a flat under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
  <Web page> <PDF - 591KB>
• Lease Extension - Valuation
  an outline of the valuation principles to determine the price for extending a lease of a flat under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
  <Web page> <PDF - 287KB>
• Leasehold Retirement Housing
  a guide to leasehold in the retirement sector
  <Web page> <PDF - 161KB>
• Living in Leasehold Flats - A guide to how it works
  an explanation of the nature and typical rights and obligations that relate to the ownership of a leasehold flat
  <Web page> <PDF - 160KB>
• Participation Agreements
  formalising participation in an action for collective enfranchisement
  <Web page> <PDF - 497KB>
• Right of First Refusal
  outline of the right of pre-emption given to qualifying tenants when their immediate landlord is disposing of his interest
  <Web page> <PDF - 479KB>
• Right to Manage
  outline of the right for leaseholders of a building containing flats to take over the management of the building
  <Web page> <PDF - 462KB>
• Section 20 Consultation for Council and other public sector landlords
  Outline guide to consultation for qualifying works to a building and qualifying long term agreements highlighting the obligations of public sector landlords.
  <Web page> <PDF - 535KB>
• Section 20 Consultation for Private Landlords, Resident Management Companies and their Agents
  Outline guide to consultation for qualifying works to a building and qualifying long term agreements
  <Web page> <PDF - 515KB>
• Security of tenure when the lease runs out
  rights that a leaseholder has when their lease expires
  <Web page> <PDF - 498KB>
• Service charges and other issues
  a guide to service charges, administration charges, ground rent, recognised tenants associations and forfeiture
  <Web page> <PDF - 332KB>
• Shared Ownership Leases
  explains what shared ownership leasehold is and how it works
  <Web page> <PDF - 249KB>
• Summaries of rights and obligations - Administration Charges
  a note for managers on the information that must accompany a demand for administration charges
  <Web page>
• Summaries of rights and obligations - Administration Charges (Wales)
  <PDF - 55KB>
• Summaries of rights and obligations - Service Charges
  a note for managers on the information that must accompany a service charge demand
  <Web page>
• Summaries of rights and obligations - Service Charges (Wales)
  <PDF - 96KB>
• The Right to Buy
  This guide is for local authority tenants, in England only, considering the purchase of their flat.
  <PDF - 398KB>