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What is the significance of the Court of Appeal's decision in the Avon Ground Rents case?

The Court of Appeal's decision grants shared ownership leaseholders the same legal rights as other private sector leaseholders, ensuring their eligibility for the right to manage their properties.

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Ther are a number of factors, including your unique situation, the terms of your lease or rental agreement, and the applicable rules and regulations in your community that could well affect your legal duty to pay a property service charge. Property service costs are associated with leasehold properties, which include apartments or flats within a building. They may also include houses situated on Estates. Their purpose is to cover the cost of c...

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Good news for leaseholders is a bit thin on the ground at the moment. But the announcement that, finally, some action is being taken on unfair ground rents is cause for celebration.The Competition and Markets Authority confirmed yesterday that Aviva and Persimmon are the first major companies to commit to repairing some of the damage done to homeowners by enforcing contracts that include unfair ground rent terms.Aviva says it will remove the t...

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What is the significance of the Court of Appeal's decision in the Avon Ground Rents case?

The Court of Appeal's decision grants shared ownership leaseholders the same legal rights as other private sector leaseholders, ensuring their eligibility for the right to manage their properties.

Valuation Services provided by The Ringley Group

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Bank Valuations
homepage - operational living sector experts - block management image
Development Valuations
homepage - operational living sector experts - professional services image
Rent Reviews
homepage - operational living sector experts - commercial and coworking image
Tax Valuations
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Balance Sheet Valuations

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Blogs on similar property topics

ASSET MANAGEMENT
Service Charge Guidance
Ther are a number of factors, including your unique situation, the terms of your lease or rental agreement, and the applicable rules and regulations in your community that could well affect your legal duty to pay a property service charge. Property service costs are associated with leasehold properties, which include apartments or flats within a building. They may also include houses situated on Estates. Their purpose is to cover the cost of c...

Read More

ASSET MANAGEMENT
Why we must keep talking to residents about fire safety
We’ve written a lot about fire safety this week. We are adamant that residential buildings must be built better – and built back better. The myriad faults revealed by the intrusive testing which has proliferated Since the Grenfell Tower fire must be remedied and never reproduced in future builds. We hope establishing a new Building Products Regulator will help.However, the majority of fires don’t start on their own and, as we blogged last Frid...

Read More

ASSET MANAGEMENT
Ground Rent: Positive News
Good news for leaseholders is a bit thin on the ground at the moment. But the announcement that, finally, some action is being taken on unfair ground rents is cause for celebration.The Competition and Markets Authority confirmed yesterday that Aviva and Persimmon are the first major companies to commit to repairing some of the damage done to homeowners by enforcing contracts that include unfair ground rent terms.Aviva says it will remove the t...

Read More


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Service Charge Guidance

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Why we must keep talking to residents about fire safety

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Jon Curtis MRICS Head of Building Engineering

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Lee Harle Partner Ringley Law

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Chris Georgalis MRICS Head of Commercial Valuation

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Nichola Pughe MRICS Head of Residential Valuation

Chartered Valuer. Rental development & mixed use valuations, IRR modelling. Leasehold enfranchisement specialist

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Trainer & Helpdesk Manager: people, systems,contractors. ISO45001 supply chain accreditation.

Steve Norman Planning Director

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