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Letting Laws
Is it possible for a property to have a covenant stating that it can not be let or sub-let?
If so and the property is leasehold would buying the leasehold, thus making the property freehold, allow this covenant to be removed by the new owner?
If so and the property is leasehold would buying the leasehold, thus making the property freehold, allow this covenant to be removed by the new owner?
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Your question doesn't make a lot of sense. Buying the leasehold of a leasehold flat doesn't make it freehold, it makes you the leaseholder. It is quite common for the lease to contain clauses preventing sub-letting. If you were somehow to buy the freehold as well it may be possible to remove this provision, depending on whether it is a term of the lease or a covenant, and depending on the reasons behind the clause/who the beneficiary is stated as.
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