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Practical reference guides answering the questions UK leasehold flat sellers ask most often. Each guide covers a single topic in depth, with cross-links into the wider site sections where useful.
The Guides section answers the practical 'how do I find out' and 'what does this mean for my sale' questions that come up across UK leasehold flat sales. Each guide is written as a standalone reference: a single topic, covered in enough depth that you can read it once and act on it.
Some guides cover information-finding questions (how to check the remaining years on your lease, how to find your title number, where to get the lease document). Others cover specific situations (selling with a missing freeholder, dealing with an unresponsive managing agent, navigating a defective lease). The cross-links connect each guide to the wider site sections where the same topic is covered from a different angle.
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 guide says so. Where the open market or auction is the better route for a particular situation, the guide says that too.
Two reference guides currently available; more will be added.
A practical step-by-step guide to finding the remaining lease term: confirming the flat is leasehold, checking your lease document, searching the HM Land Registry title register, calculating from the original commencement date (not the purchase date), and what the resulting number means for selling.
Read the full guide →
What 'missing freeholder' means in practice, the six different situation types, why it surfaces during a sale, the impact on value (typically 10 to 30 percent below market), the legal framework (1993 Act vesting orders), how to trace a missing freeholder, and the realistic options to fix or sell as-is.
Read the full guide →The Guides section sits alongside several others, each covering a different angle of the leasehold flat sale.
The guides cover the law and practice of England and Wales generally. Where information is London-specific (such as the £1,000 ground rent threshold for assured tenancies in Greater London under Schedule 1 of the Housing Act 1988), this is noted. Scotland and Northern Ireland have different leasehold systems and the guides do not directly apply there.
If you have a specific question not covered, calling 020 7183 5114 or asking through our free valuation form reaches our specialist team. We are happy to talk through a situation even where the eventual sale route is not direct to us, including the cash buyer or auction routes where the open-market route is genuinely difficult.
