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Orlando1 | 14:30 Fri 12th Jan 2007 | Law
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I have lived in a leasehold property for 20 years and pay �12 per year ground rent. I also rent a pice of land (which forms part of my garden) from the leaseholder for �2 per year. This was also the case with the previos owners - the house was built in 1967.
There has never been a formallease or written agreement, the transfer between house owners has been done by solicitors asking for the rental to be transferred.
My question is this - what protection do I have to prevent the leaseholder increasing the rent to a ridiculously high figure, or to stop them asking for an unreasonable figure to buy it?
The land can only be reached through my property.
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I take it there is a formal lease for the house (i.e. the part you pay �12 a year for). If there is not, your solicitor has been negligent and you need to get it sorted out.

As far as the land is concerned (the �2 part) it looks as if you may have just a licence, not a lease. If so, the land owner can probably terminate it at any time on reasonable notice. Your solicitor should have explained the position to you when you bought. At the moment I suspect you don't have much legal protection, but the fact that no-one else can access the land probably gives you a good case if it comes to negotiating about the rent or purchase price.

If you want to sort it out, you should first ask your solicitor to explain exactly what sort of arrangement exists at present. He should be able to tell you what your rights are.
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Thanks themas - that's helpful.
I'll get onto my solicitor and let him sort it out.

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