Staying safe in your home
We are dedicated to ensuring your safety
We take every reasonable step to protect you and communicate effectively about safety in your home, but we also ask you to be aware of what you can do to stay safe.
If you come to sell your home, you/your solicitor will need to get in touch with us.
Your solicitor will need some management information about the lease and charges payable such as service charge and ground rent.
Your buyers solicitor will need to serve notice on us on completion to enable us to transfer the property into the new owners name.
You will typically hold a lease which has either 99 or 125 years from the commencement date in the lease (i.e. not the date you purchased the property). You should hold a copy of your lease or you can obtain a copy from the Land Registry for a small fee.
Your lease term will depreciate over time and when you get to around 70 years remaining may struggle to secure a mortgage on the property which could affect your ability to sell the property as well by limiting the type of buyers you would be able to sell to.
So long as you own 100% of the property and have owned the property for at least 2 years you have a statutory right to purchase an extension to your lease.
You can do this via a voluntary route or statutory route.
For further information please get in touch with us / complete the application form.
There are fees that you will be responsible to pay for, some of which are payable on application. Please get in touch and we can discuss this with you.
Can I make alterations to my home?
You may need our permission to make alterations to your property – you should check the details of your lease before you make any alterations to your home to avoid breaching the terms of your lease and potentially having to restore the property to its former condition at your own sole cost.
Please see the list below for examples of when consent may be required from us:
- Aerial (Non-Standard TV/Radio or Flats or Property less than 5yrs old)
- Bathroom replacement or alterations
- Boundary Wall adding new or alterations
- Cable – Broadband/TV (Flats or Property less than 5yrs old)
- Cavity wall or loft insulation
- CCTV System
- Conservatory
- Conversion or sub dividing room
- Doors & Windows replacement or alterations
- Dropped kerb / off road parking /driveway
- Electrical works – installing new sockets, shower, lighting etc
- Extensions to the home
- Fencing/railings adding new or alterations (not like for like style/height)
- Garage/carports construction or alterations
- Gas cooker installation where no current supply
- Kitchen replacement or alterations
- Large garden alterations – astroturf, changing levels, terracing structures, landscaping, patios, paths or decking
- Loft conversion
- Outbuildings*
- Painting and decoration for surfaces not already painted/wallpapered
- Painting and Decoration for surfaces not already painted or different colour
- Pond/pool
- Porches
- Satellite dish (Non-Standard size or Block of more than 3 flats or Property less than 5 years old)
- Sheds/Animal cages greater than 10×8′ or not in the rear garden or properties less than 5 years old*
- Structural alterations
- Water supply pipes and drainage.
Depending on the nature of your alteration, we may charge a fee for providing our consent.
You may not under any circumstance make structural alterations or additions. Other examples of works that are not permitted include (but are not limited to) carrying out works to communal areas, replacing the heating system, addition of solar panels to the roof, and installing fixed flooring on any first floor or higher properties.