Freehold Estates for Residential Conveyancers - The Key Issues Uncovered

Introduction

Buying and selling houses, whether leasehold or freehold, on an estate can be complex and raise their own considerations. More and more developments are being designed to include unadopted estate areas, such as roads, parks, gardens and parking areas, the upkeep of which are paid for by the homeowners on the estate.

This session covers estate management and the estate charge, advising buyers and sellers, common pitfalls and how to rectify issues.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• The basics of estate management
• The basics of estate charges
• Estate charge vs an estate rent charge
• Adoption of estate areas including section 106 agreements
• Checking rights that benefit and burden the home
• Merging freehold and leasehold titles
• Management companies
• Common pitfalls
• Troubleshooting
• The reforms: new rights for freehold estate owners including advice on updating reports on title

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.