Category: Leases

No Pets AllowedQ: We are a block of 20 apartments. Our lease (we are freeholders) states quite clearly, when originated some 30 years ago, that NO pets are allowed. Over the years the committee, on compassionate grounds only, have allowed new owners/renters who already had a pet to keep them …but not to replace them. […]

Q: We have one copy of the lease of easements for the 22 properties on our estate. They are stored in a metal box in the property of our former Chair. Should these be kept in a safety deposit box? Is there any requirement? I have looked into renting a secure box in a bank […]

Q: You have been most helpful in the past in interpreting our lease and we are writing now to ask for clarification of a point which may be of equal interest to other Residents’ Companies or Associations. Our query relates to a Lessee’s ability to sub-let an apartment. In reality, approximately a quarter of our […]

Q: We are seeking some guidance / legal advice regarding short term lets in our building. We think (and hope) that they are in contravention of the lease and we are looking at how to proceed with preventing the ones that are being let. We do have a number of lets on ASTs which we […]

Q: I am writing to ask for advice about lease conditions in relation to Airbnb. Our leases forbid subletting. Would hiring out a room or a flat by the night or by the week count as subletting?   A: FPRA Committee Member Shaun O’Sullivan replies: The letting of a flat for a few days or […]

Owner Deceased Q: A neighbour died nine years ago and his flat is still registered with the Land Registry in his name as having title absolute. We think we know the name and address of the beneficiary, who has promptly paid the service charges but not, apparently, notified the Land Registry. The company secretary can […]