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Inherited leasehold house ..
If you inherit a house from a deceased relative and it's leasehold , can the owners of the lease serve up a notice to you for the property not being kept in good condition ??
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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They are trying to put pressure on you (because you decided not to purchase the freehold). It's called a negotiating tactic.
Since you are now the person responsible, because you own the lease, you are very likely to be responsible - as Dzug says, the fact you haven't lived there doesn't matter.
Just because they have served notice does not mean they are...
16:37 Sat 28th Apr 2012
The land was offered to us to buy at £20,000 (back garden is 15 metres x 10 metres and front half that size) , we offered them £10,000 , they eventually dropped down to £13,500 but we decided not to buy and put the house up for auction .
But in the meantime a neighbour came in and wanted to buy the house , so we agreed a price of £40,000 (the house needs renovating from top to bottom but ) and then they'd have to buy the land from the lease holders.
Since our last coversation with the lease holders telling them we are not buying the land and putting the house up for auction , they have sent a letter saying that the terms of the lease has been breached because in their words 'the house is in an advanced state of disrepair' ... which is nonsense because we've had a builder out who didn't see a problem with doing renovation works needed.
How can they serve up a notice to us when we didn't live there ?
But in the meantime a neighbour came in and wanted to buy the house , so we agreed a price of £40,000 (the house needs renovating from top to bottom but ) and then they'd have to buy the land from the lease holders.
Since our last coversation with the lease holders telling them we are not buying the land and putting the house up for auction , they have sent a letter saying that the terms of the lease has been breached because in their words 'the house is in an advanced state of disrepair' ... which is nonsense because we've had a builder out who didn't see a problem with doing renovation works needed.
How can they serve up a notice to us when we didn't live there ?
It was going to cost too much for us to do it up , it was our Grandads house who had lived there for 70 years , he just didn't maintain it very well but it is in no way in a state of disrepair .
I'm hoping once we inform our solicitor or/and the buyers solicitor that they can make it clear that they have a buyer for the land , maybe they are getting hot under the collar thinking we are trying to sell the house without buying the land.
I'm hoping once we inform our solicitor or/and the buyers solicitor that they can make it clear that they have a buyer for the land , maybe they are getting hot under the collar thinking we are trying to sell the house without buying the land.
They are trying to put pressure on you (because you decided not to purchase the freehold). It's called a negotiating tactic.
Since you are now the person responsible, because you own the lease, you are very likely to be responsible - as Dzug says, the fact you haven't lived there doesn't matter.
Just because they have served notice does not mean they are correct.
Since you are now the person responsible, because you own the lease, you are very likely to be responsible - as Dzug says, the fact you haven't lived there doesn't matter.
Just because they have served notice does not mean they are correct.