Freehold Debt and Estate Rentcharges

Dealing effectively with debts on freehold properties, such as new-build estates with common parts, can be difficult – unless you have the freehold debt recovery specialists at Brady Solicitors in your corner.

Helping you tackle the challenge of arrears on freehold property

Recovering the costs of managing communal areas can be a headache for managing agents of freehold properties. Non-payment of these estate rentcharges can quickly impact your ability to effectively manage the property, yet property owners don’t always understand their liability to pay. Unlike with service charge debts, you don’t have a lease to rely on and arrears recovery can be difficult.

Our fast and effective freehold debt recovery system helps you to recover unpaid contributions to the cost of communal services provided to freehold property owners.

Brady Solicitors offer you:

Market leading success rates in estate rentcharge arrears recovery
No upfront cost to freeholder or managing agent
Fast recovery of freehold debt often with no need for court proceedings
Simple instruction process
Easy to read and intelligent reports

Estate rentcharges: what are they?

Estate rentcharges, freehold property charges, service charges on freehold property: the terminology varies but essentially we are talking about tools to secure contributions to the costs of maintaining communal areas such as a shared driveway, shared leisure facilities or green space.

They are not service charges but many people describe them as such. Whatever you choose to call these contributions, they are essential for ensuring freehold developers or estate managers can recover the costs of services provided to freehold property owners. These (usually annual) charges are common in new build developments of multiple freehold houses or older developments on private land, where the roads remain unadopted by the local authority.

Often it can come as a surprise to the individual property owners that they have obligations to contribute to communal areas or services, and this can add to the difficulty of the recovery process.

Blog

We blog regularly on a range of property-related legal matters, from service charge arrears recovery through to lease extensions. We also aim to bring up to date, easy to read analyses of recent cases to help readers stay informed. Many of our blogs arise from questions we are asked by our clients; to suggest a possible blog topic please do get in touch.

Freehold recovery procedures recover long-standing estate rentcharges

Dispensation from Consultation under Section 20: Understanding Appropriate Applications

How to deal with a defective lease

Absent leaseholder doesn’t stop speedy arrears recovery

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Leaseholders Guide to Collective Enfranchisement

Managing Agent Guide: How to maintain service charge revenues in a changing world

Guide to Lease Extensions

News on the Block Essential Managing Agent Guide to Service Charges

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Managing Agent

Portsmouth

They really ‘get’ the property management industry and what is required to support us in the variety of challenges we face.

Managing Agent

Bedfordshire

I have found them to be highly professional in all our dealings, but most of all knowledgeable of the minutiae of service charges and block management.

Managing Agent

Bristol

We feel we have an expert partner on our side supporting our arrears collection. Using Bradys making our block management projects easier, educates our team and fundamentally makes our client relationships stronger.

Managing Agent

Manchester

Since using Bradys for the last 18 months our service charge arrears situation has completely reversed. Not only have the collected arrears that have hung round for ages but they have reduced the overall debt considerably including on complex freehold estate rent charges.

Managing Agent

Oxford

We turned to Brady Solicitors when our existing legal team hit a brick wall. Bradys got to grips with the problem, recovered the arrears and – happily – have helped us to build better leaseholder relationships.

Leaseholder

Coventry

I was very satisfied with Brady Solicitors. They were very helpful and if I did not understand things they were always there to help. I would definitely recommend them to everyone.

Leaseholder

Burton

Brady’s has recently carried out multiple lease extensions, with mine included. These have taken place in good time, and I have been informed of the various steps of progress in a pleasant and knowledgeable manner. Many thanks.

Leaseholder

Newcastle

I am very happy with the way Brady Solicitors helped me to extend my lease. They made the process easy, clarifying the various stages, giving me advice on my options and handling them professionally.