Unfortunately very little can be done by any government without upsetting the housing market even if they wanted to. A few tweaks here and there but nothing substantial will happen. It would be fairly simple to pass a law that the estimated service, maintenance and repair costs for the duration of the lease be put along side the selling price. This alone would send many running. Roofs may be replaced every 25-30 years, windows possibly 15-20?, lifts, brick work, painting outside, rewiring, water pipes, fire alarms, intercom, paths, tarmac for car park - the list is endless. If you own a leasehold property for more than ten years you are likely going to get hit by a big repair bill. You may just be unlucky and get hit by one straight away. Clearly a lot of properties are not worth the asking price with many just to costly to maintain. Successive governments since Thatcher pushing owning your own home and subsequent government forcing people to invest in property for their pension rather than traditional private pensions. It will take decades to wean the UK off high house prices and unsuitable leaseholds.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Leasehold & Freehold (Reform) Bill	27/02/24 18:41:00	Martine Guy
Re:Leasehold & Freehold (Reform) Bill	27/02/24 19:04:00	Barbara Stevens
Reply	27/02/24 21:31:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	27/02/24 21:38:00	Barbara Stevens
Reply	28/02/24 01:45:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	28/02/24 05:31:00	Ed Robinson
Re:Re:Reply	28/02/24 08:14:00	Andy Pike
Reply	28/02/24 09:13:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	28/02/24 09:32:00	Andy Pike
Re:Reply	28/02/24 09:21:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Reply	28/02/24 09:40:00	Barbara Stevens
Reply	28/02/24 10:24:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	28/02/24 10:45:00	Barbara Stevens
Reply	28/02/24 10:31:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	28/02/24 10:40:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Reply	28/02/24 10:49:00	Andy Pike
Reply	28/02/24 11:01:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	28/02/24 11:15:00	Andy Pike
Reply	28/02/24 12:01:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	28/02/24 13:20:00	Andy Pike
Reply	28/02/24 14:00:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Re:Re:Reply	28/02/24 15:32:00	Barbara Stevens
Reply	28/02/24 11:23:00	Michael Ixer
Reply	28/02/24 13:45:00	Martine Guy
Reply	28/02/24 13:51:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	28/02/24 15:37:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Reply	28/02/24 16:18:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	28/02/24 15:30:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Reply	01/03/24 13:56:00	Lucille Grant
Reply	01/03/24 15:08:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	01/03/24 15:23:00	Philippa Bond
Reply	01/03/24 16:03:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	01/03/24 19:39:00	Ed Robinson
Re:Re:Reply	03/03/24 07:51:00	Philippa Bond
Reply	03/03/24 20:09:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	03/03/24 22:29:00	Philippa Bond
Reply	03/03/24 22:48:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	29/03/24 15:13:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Reply	03/03/24 23:23:00	Ed Robinson
Reply	24/03/24 11:53:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	24/03/24 14:10:00	Lucille Grant
Reply	24/03/24 14:39:00	Martine Guy
Reply	27/03/24 15:20:00	Martine Guy
Re:Reply	27/03/24 16:54:00	Andy Pike
Reply	27/03/24 20:47:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	30/03/24 12:27:00	Ed Robinson
Re:Re:Re:Reply	29/03/24 21:14:00	Elizabeth Balsom
Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	31/03/24 23:09:00	Philippa Bond

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