The above picture is a commonhold development in Bristol where a local community formed a commonhold association to buy and convert a derelict office site. Land reform and leasehold reform       1>Problems with leasehold in England and Wales :   When your lease expires if you do nothing you become a mere [...]

How the Conservatives are letting down private tenants and responsible private landlords  in Bromley   The Conservatives nationally and locally are failing the growing number of private tenants in Bromley. The 2011 census showed 16,229 households renting privately which represented 12.4% of all Bromley households. Crystal Palace [...]

I hope that in view of the resolution passed  to-day by the London Labour Party’s Regional Conference that there will be Labour Party Banners at the leasehold/fire safety rally on Thursday 16 September 2021 in Parliament Square. The Beckenham Labour Party Banner will be at the rally. The rally is called by the End Our […]

    Leaseholders who are unhappy with the management of their block can set up a right to manage company (RTM) to transfer the management function of their building to their own company. No application to court is required. This company is composed only of leaseholders. The RTM can decide whether it wishes to manage […]

    The National Leasehold Campaign and the United Kingdom Cladding Action Group have called a rally on Thursday 15 July outside Parliament at 12.15pm. The purpose of the rally is to push the Government further down the road to abolishing the leasehold system and to highlight the failure of the Government to deal [...]

Residents at Calverley Close in Beckenham unhappy with the proposed redevelopment of their estate   Tenants of Riverside Housing Association at Calverley Close off Southend Close in Beckenham are unhappy about the proposed demolition of their estate and the way their landlord is consulting with them.   There are approximately [...]