Leaseholders Guide to Collective Enfranchisement

As a leaseholder you’ll no doubt be aware that you and your fellow residential leaseholders are legally entitled to collectively purchase the freehold of your block – known as a collective enfranchisement.

To help you and your fellow leaseholders, we’ve created a helpful Guide to Collective Enfranchisement, which you can access by completing the form on this page.

In this guide we answer and cover in detail the following:

• How to prepare for your collective enfranchisement project
  • 5 Steps you need to complete before starting the process
• How long does it take to complete the process?
  • We cover the three most common scenarios after starting the process and detail the average duration of each one.
• The most common challenges/considerations and how to respond!
  • Securing 50 percent leaseholder participation
  • Locating the freeholder
  • The freeholder doesn’t respond to the Initial Notice
  • The freeholder disputes your right to buy the freehold
  • We can’t agree the premium
  • We can’t agree on legal issues, such as rights of way
  • The freeholder’s legal costs are too high
  • Managing a rogue leaseholder

Download your copy of ‘The Guide to Collective Enfranchisement’ using the form on the right.