BUYING FLATS AND HOUSES: RESOLVING A MEDLEY OF TRICKY ISSUES FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS

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Whether your client is buying a freehold house or a leasehold flat, it’s imperative to be able to spot potential problems that may impact on your client’s intended use of the property. This session will look at some of these problems – and how to resolve or avoid them – and how recent case law may sometimes help, including:

• Leasehold flats – can your client sub-let, carry out alterations?
• Selling flats: ensuring landlord’s consent?
• Rights of way across the garden – can they be moved, and how much use can be made of them?
• Can your buyer build or extend? An overview of rights of light and restrictive covenants – and practical steps to take – following the Supreme Court in Alexander Devine

Sarah Thompson-Copsey, Non-Practising Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer