Coppen Estates. . . .Sheffield

[Jeffrey Shaw]

It's quite likely that a regular invoice will meet those requirements though.

No, that's not automatically so- unless each invoice complies with s.166 and features the statutory Notes for Tenants.

 

Note one other point: Coppen penalises late/non-paying tenants (leaseholders) @ £10 per year. However, based on s.166(1), a rent not lawfully due cannot be the subject of any 'late payment' allegation. Nobody receives a s.166 Notice from Coppen, so nobody should pay it that penalty fee.

[Re-Lease Me]

Have any leaseholders ever been offered the right of 1st refusal to buy the freehold before it was sold on to the new owners Coppen Estates and PAS Property Services?

[jaybee90896]

No, never heard a single word. Should we have been offered this?

[Veritas]

Have any leaseholders ever been offered the right of 1st refusal to buy the freehold before it was sold on to the new owners Coppen Estates and PAS Property Services?

 

I seem to recall my freehold was owned by Proctors (I think the old roofing company family )and they contacted me before disposing to Coppen. As there was over 900 years left on my lease and the ground rent was only £4 a year I passed at the time. My mistake the consent fee for my conservatory was not much different to the combined cost of the reversion and the legal fees

[Re-Lease Me]

I seem to recall my freehold was owned by Proctors (I think the old roofing company family )and they contacted me before disposing to Coppen. As there was over 900 years left on my lease and the ground rent was only £4 a year I passed at the time. My mistake the consent fee for my conservatory was not much different to the combined cost of the reversion and the legal fees

 

My mother in law was never told about a sale of the freehold, just notified she was to pay the ground rent to a different company.

 

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No, never heard a single word. Should we have been offered this?

 

It is definitely the case with leasehold flats, where at least 10% of the leaseholders need informing of a sale, and given the choice of 1st refusal.

[jaybee90896]

Only applies to flats apparently, not to houses.

[Re-Lease Me]

Has anyone gone up against there conveyancers or estate agents for miss selling them there property?

 

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Has anyone gone up against there conveyancers or estate agents for miss selling them there property?

 

We were never informed about the complications of buying a leasehold property, and it was never explained about the consequences of the lease dropping below 80 years.

 

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https://www.gov.uk/leasehold-property/buying-the-freehold is the place for more info

[geared]

Isn't it common knowledge though?

[Re-Lease Me]

It is now, but not in 2005 when we purchased, and has only just come to light that the property has dropped below the 80 years mark of lease left.

[Jeffrey Shaw]

Only applies to flats apparently, not to houses.

Yes. The (collective) statutory Right of First Refusal applies only to flats, not houses.

See the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/31/part/I

 

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My mother in law was never told about a sale of the freehold, just notified she was to pay the ground rent to a different company.

Yes- that's usual for houses.

 

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We were never informed about the complications of buying a leasehold property, and it was never explained about the consequences of the lease dropping below 80 years.

 

Isn't it common knowledge though?

 

It is now, but not in 2005 when we purchased, and has only just come to light that the property has dropped below the 80 years mark of lease left.

Not quite so. Leasehold problems were certainly known in 2005!

The solicitor acting for a purchaser is under a duty to explain about the lease, if the property is leasehold, and the right/need:

a. to enfranchise (= purchase the freehold reversion) if it's a house; or

b. to extend the term, if it's a flat- and, occasionally, if it's a house but money is tight.

Edited August 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Shaw