FAQs for property entrepreneurs

• FAQs - Buying commercial real estate in England and Wales
  If you are thinking of investing in UK commercial property (or real estate), there are a number of legal and practical issues involved.
• FAQs - Commercial leases
  The lease is the principal document setting out the contractual relationship between the owner of a property (the landlord) and the occupier (the tenant).
• FAQs - Short term occupation of premises – the options
  These FAQs deal with issues that property owners and occupiers of business premises may face when deciding how to occupy premises on a short term basis and look at the three main options of a lease, licence and tenancy at will.
• FAQs - Buying or selling a property at auction
  Auctions are an increasingly popular way of buying and selling property. While there are many advantages, it is not wholly without risk. The unwary can fall foul of legal and financial traps which reduce the return on their investment.
• FAQs - Extending the length of a flat's residential lease
  If you own a flat then you have the right to extend your lease by 90 years at a nil rent. This is an individual right given to all flat owners if they satisfy certain criteria.
• FAQs - Buying the freehold of flats with other tenants (collective enfranchisement)
  Since 1993, tenants of blocks of flats have the right to collectively acquire the freehold of their building.
• FAQs - Buying the freehold of a leasehold house
  Since 1967, tenants of houses under long leases have had the right to either acquire the freehold to their house or to extend the lease by 50 years.
• FAQs - Taking over the management of a block of flats with other tenants
  The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 has given a new right to tenants of blocks of flats to take over the management of their building without having to acquire the freehold or having to show fault.
• FAQs - Dealing with tenant requests for alterations and assignment
  Some answers to frequently asked questions regarding tenants’ requests for alterations and assignment of their lease.
• FAQs - Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
  The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge that was introduced by the Planning Act 2008 and came into force on 6 April 2010. It can increase the cost of developing both residential and commercial property but the amount of levy payable will vary depending upon the nature of the development.
• FAQs - Construction projects for employers – getting started
  Some answers to frequently asked questions regarding construction projects for employers.
• FAQs - Residential property
  Some frequently asked questions covering the main aspects of residential property.

Back to Property entrepreneurs