topflat29 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 There is a petition ( Abolish Leaseholds ) which needs more signatures to reach 100,000 before it can be discussed in Parliament. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/238071 Every leaseholder of a property in Sheffield and Yorkshire , Lancashire and elsewhere in E&W should be supporting this petition and have the proposal discussed in Parliament . This is not the "wars of the roses" for control of the throne of England. "The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the House of Lancaster, associated with a red rose, and the House of York, whose symbol was a white rose." This petition is even more important than the throne of England. Its about who owns control of your house ? You , who paid for it by a 35 years mortgage ? or the freeholder company ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topflat29 Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 The population of the City of Sheffield is 577,800 (mid-2017 est.) and it is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the Core Cities Group. Sheffield is the third-largest English district by population. The metropolitan population of Sheffield is 1,569,000. ( yes over 1.5 million resident in South Yorkshire ) So Sheffield has enough population to sign this petititon and get Sheffield into the Guinness Records ? So ask your friends and relatives, aunties, uncles , cousins and in-laws, work mates , pub mates , old school mates , church mates, gym mates to sign the petition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francypants Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topflat29 Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 1 hour ago, francypants said: Signed. Fantastic , francypants , You are certainly No. 1 in Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topflat29 Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) Hi Francypants , Any ideas on how to contact other leaseholders to sign the petition ? I am sure you have some good ideas judging by 30,000 posts which you have made since 2012. Can you write a letter about the petition , to the Editor of your local paper ? Edited April 24, 2019 by topflat29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francypants Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Topflat29, Have sent you a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caz1 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Have signed. We don't have leasehold now on our current home because we actually bought the leasehold. I don't agree with them. It had all kinds of conditions on what we could or could not do. Our old terrace home used to be leasehold too but it was a nominal amount per year and was paid to the Grand Order of Druids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topflat29 Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Thank you, Caz1 , Every leaseholder and residential house owner in E & W should sign the petition in order to nudge those MPs in Parliament to abolish the leasehold system . Other countries in Europe use Commonhold many years ago and even Ireland and Scotland stopped using leasehold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Climbing Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Just playing devils advocate. Why should they be abolished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 4 hours ago, Climbing said: Just playing devils advocate. Why should they be abolished? The so-called petition is pointless. Leasehold is essential to enable covenant enforceability. What needs much more enforcement is the conduct of certain freehold reversioners. There is no cost-effective way for a leaseholder to control misconduct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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