Estate Management Package (Freehold Properties)
At Common Ground, we have extensive experience in estate management where there are only freehold properties but where freeholders are members of a residents management company and are covenanted to pay an “estate charge”.
There are some distinct differences between running an estate where there are ONLY freehold properties and NO leasehold properties.

Firstly, freeholders bound to an estate charge do not have the same obligations under the Landlord and Tenants Act 1985 & 1987 so the administrative process differs slightly compared to managing leasehold developments. This has some advantages in that the management fees are considerably lower than equivalent leasehold estates with similar numbers of properties but those bound to estate charges have far less rights.
….but rest assured, Common Ground possesses the knowledge, experience and processes to be able to manage your estate whilst giving powers of decision making to the residents (via the residents management company).
For more information please see I own the freehold of my property. Why do I have to pay an estate charge?

Services
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Locations and Coverage
Henley on Thames (Head Office)
Chiltern House,
45 Station Road,
Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AT
T 01491 525 940
Oxford Office
John Eccles House,
Oxford Science Park,
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Littlemore,
Oxford, OX4 4GP
T 01865 538 077
London Office
Ealing Cross,
First Floor,
85 Uxbridge Road,
London,
W5 5BW
T 020 4551 9116
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