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Detailed answers to the questions UK leasehold flat sellers ask most often. Each FAQ page picks up a specific question and works through the practical detail in long form, with cross-links into the wider site where related context helps.
Most page-end FAQs across the site answer common questions in a paragraph each. That format suits quick reference but does not always do justice to questions that need real depth. The FAQ section is for questions where the seller wants a fuller answer: with worked examples, cross-references to the underlying law, and an honest framing of what each route would involve.
Each FAQ page is self-contained. You can read one and act on it without needing the rest of the site. Where related sections fill in additional detail (the legal section for documents, the options section for routes, the valuation section for cost calculations), the cross-links pick those up.
The aim is the same as the rest of the site: practical, honest information from inside the leasehold market. Where Sell Flat UK is one of several routes a seller might consider, the page says so. Where the open market or auction is the better route for a particular situation, the page says that too.
Eight long-form question pages so far; more are on the way.
Yes, it is legal. What you still need (a solicitor, an EPC and the leasehold pack), how to reach buyers without Rightmove, the leasehold work that lands on you and whether the 1 to 2 percent saving is worth your time.
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The ten questions sellers ask most about flats with leases under 80 years: what counts as short, how much value is lost, whether to extend first or let the buyer do it, what it costs, who will lend and who buys.
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For executors and administrators: selling before the grant, how long probate takes, who has to sign, inheritance and capital gains tax, bills while the flat is empty and which route suits an estate.
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For former council and housing association flats: what they are worth against private flats, which lenders accept the block, repaying the Right to Buy discount, the council's right of first refusal, major works and EWS1.
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For landlords selling since the Renters' Rights Act: tenanted or vacant, Ground 1A now that section 21 has gone, the re-letting ban, viewings, the deposit and rent on completion, and capital gains tax.
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Genuine buyers versus brokers, how far below market value, how fast it really completes, whether the offer can change, what never to sign and how to check a company before you deal with it.
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Cash buying companies pay 15 to 30 percent below; an individual cash buyer through an agent pays 85 to 90 percent. Why, what moves an offer, a £300,000 worked example and how to judge a fair offer.
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You pay to completion day and the buyer from then on. How prepaid charges, arrears, the year-end balance, major works bills, the reserve fund and the freeholder's fees are handled on a sale.
Read the full answer →The FAQ section sits alongside several others, each covering a different angle of the leasehold flat sale.
The information across this site applies to England and Wales: the lease, the freeholder, ground rent, service charges, the LPE1 management pack, the TA7 form, the 1993 Act lease extension regime, and LAFRA 2024 reforms. Scotland and Northern Ireland have different property tenure systems and the answers do not directly apply there.
If you have a specific question not covered, calling 020 7183 5114 reaches our specialist team. We are happy to talk through a situation even where the eventual sale route is not direct to us.
