If the freeholder has told you to send the notice to a particular address, then you should use that address. Otherwise, find the last service charge demand, and use the address for service shown on that. Alternatively, you can ask the freeholder’s solicitor if they will accept service of the notice on behalf of the freeholder. If they confirm then you can then serve your notice at the solicitor’s address.
If it is important that the notice is served quickly, for example, if the lease is approaching 80 years – when a lease extension will become more expensive, then you could arrange personal service of the notice on the freeholder using a process server who could make a sworn statement testifying that service has taken place.
More information you might find useful:
- How can I extend my lease?
- Should I wait to extend my lease? I have heard that planned changes to the law could make lease extension cheaper.
- I am in the process of extending my lease. Do I need to pay a deposit after I serve the notice?
- Lease Extension Calculator
- More Frequently Asked Questions on Lease Extension
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