Leasehold Extension and Collective Enfranchisement

If you are the owner of a leasehold flat or house, there is legislation giving you rights which, if exercised, will add value to your property. These rights have been improved and extended by the ‘Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002’. The key rights are:-

• Extension of an individual lease
  FAQs – Lease Extension
• Collective enfranchisement (purchase of the freehold) by the lessees of blocks of flats
  FAQs – Collective Enfranchisement
• Enfranchisement of a leasehold house 
  FAQs – Leasehold House
• Collective exercise of a right to manage by the lessees of blocks of flats 
  FAQs – Right to Manage

Druces ‘ Consultant, Christopher Sykes is a leading expert in this area and is the author of “Leasehold Enfranchisement and the Right to Manage“,  the third edition of which was published by the Law Society in October 2016.  He is also a member of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP),  the specialist organisation for enfranchisement professionals.

We have a proven track record in acting for individual lessees and for associations/companies and landlords in these matters. Our clients range from the owners of houses on the large Central London estates to the residents’ associations of blocks containing a few flats, to those with hundreds of flats and to the freeholders of these properties.