It is also part of the information that we share to our content providers ("Contributors") who contribute Content for free for your use. A “relevant disposal” includes all disposals by the immediate landlord; although there are some limited exceptions. In mixed-use premises where the above criteria is met, the landlord cannot, for example, grant a lease of a commercial unit without first making an offer to the qualifying residential tenants. Peter Barry Surveyors came highly recommended to us from a friend who had purchased a house in a similar area to us.

The landlord must then wait at least two months before proceeding to exchange, even if all the tenants immediately respond in the negative. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

and for the purposes of this subsection the internal floor area of any common parts shall be disregarded.

Landlord and tenant acts are legislation that regulate the various aspects of renting property, such as disclosure of landlord’s identity, provision of rent books, fitness for human habitation, repairing obligations, service charges, security of tenure, renewal of tenancies, covenants, and more.

This means that in that situation a disposal by the freehold owner would not be subject to the right of first refusal. The communication throughout was excellent and James and the team dealt with everything in a swift manner. The final report was of a high standard and has helped me understand what additional issues/ costs I may face not only immediately but also in future.

It also gives you rights to request and challenge service charges, join a tenants’ association, and get your landlord’s name and address. He was particularly diligent in resolving a party wall issue with the adjacent property and he successfully brought the matter to conclusion. The premises will not qualify if part or parts of the premises is or are occupied, or intended to be occupied, for non-residential purposes and the internal floor area of those non-residential part(s) taken together exceeds 50% of the total internal floor area in the premises (disregarding the internal floor area of any common parts).

Given that the 1987 Act relates to the disposal of any estate or interest in the premises, disposing of any commercial parts of the premises would, strictly speaking, be caught by the 1987 Act. For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) any tenant of a flat contained in the premises in question who is a body corporate shall be treated as the tenant of any other flat so contained and let to an associated company. Ensuring that more than 50% of the internal floor area of the building is in commercial use (excluding common parts), to ensure that the building does not qualify under the LTA 1987. However, there are important exempt disposals, such as the grant of the lease of a single flat and a disposal to a company that has been an associated company for at least two years. Greenwoods Legal LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership, registered in England, registered number OC306912.