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Leasehold
I’ve been valuing and negotiating these things for many years now and doing what I can to disentangle the issues that so often arise. In these posts I shall be setting out a few of my personal views on this much-maligned but equally mis-understood tenure.


LEFT IN THE DARK
Successive governments have regrettably complicated and confused what they refer to, totally inaccurately I might say, as a feudal, leasehold system. Even as I write this in late October 2025 we are embroiled in a mire of legal uncertainty brought about by the ongoing judicial review relating to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act, 2024. Will those controversial issues concerning marriage value, recoverable, landlord costs and the capping of ground rents found in that leg

Barry Passmore
Oct 284 min read


EXTENDING YOUR LEASE. HOW IT WORKS.
There are of course plenty of avenues by which you can investigate what exactly is involved when you want, or indeed need, to extend your...

Barry Passmore
Aug 45 min read


BIN OR MEND?
So here’s the thing about leasehold and flats. With this form of tenure there is always going to be a separation of some description...

Barry Passmore
Jun 194 min read


WHEN IT’S GONE IT’S GONE
All previous attempts at retirement having failed miserably I am now resolved to the reality of working until I die, albeit at a...

Barry Passmore
Jun 171 min read


DELAFORCE BEGONE!
Ask any leaseholder valuer if Delaforce works both ways and see what comes back. It’s freeholder spin plain and simple. Look I may,...

Barry Passmore
Jun 31 min read


LEASEHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT
I deal with all aspects of leasehold enfranchisement insofar as this relates to flats and blocks of flats. This therefore includes lease...

Barry Passmore
Mar 291 min read
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