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  • Leasehold Information Form (TA7)

    (2nd Edition)

  • Definitions:

    • 'Seller' means all sellers together where the property is owned by more than one person
    • 'Buyer' means all buyers together where the property is being bought by more than one person
    • 'Property' means the leasehold property being sold
    • 'Building' means the building containing the property
    • 'Neighbour' means those occupying flats in the building

     Instructions to seller:

    The seller should provide all relevant documentation relating to this lease when they return this completed form to their solicitor.  This may include documents given to the seller when they purchased the property, or documents subsequently given to the seller by those managing the property.

  • 1: The Property

  • 1.1 What type of leasehold property does the seller own? ('Flat' includes maisonette and apartment)
  • 1.2 Does the seller pay rent for the property?

  • 2: Management of the Building

  • 2.1 Does the landlord employ a managing agent to collect rent or manage the building
  • 2.2 Has any management company formed by the tenants been dissolved or struck off the register at Companies House?
  • 2.3 Do the tenants pass day to day responsibility for the management of the building to managing agents?

  • 3: Contact Details

  • 3.1 Please supply a contact details for the following, where appropriate.  (The landlord may be, for example, a private individual, a housing association, or a management company owned by the residents.  A managing agent may be employed by the landlord or by the tenants' management company to collect the rent and/or manage the building.)

  • Landlord

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  • Managing agent contracted by the landlord

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  • Managing agent contracted by the tenants' management company

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  • 4: Maintenance and Service Charges

  • 4.1 Who is the person responsible for arranging the buildings insurance on the property?
  • 4.4 Does the seller contribute to the cost of maintaining the building?
  • 4.5 Does the seller know of any expense (e.g. the cost of redecoration outside or communal areas not usually occured annually) likely to be shown in the service charge accounts within the next three years?
  • 4.6 Does the seller know of any problems in the last three years regarding the level of service charges or with the management?
  • 4.7 Has the seller challenged the service charge or any expense in the last three years?
  • 4.8 Is the seller aware of any difficulties encountered in collecting the service charges from other flat owners
  • 5.9 Does the seller owe any service charges, rent, insurance premium or other financial contribution?

  • 5: Notices

    Note: A notice may be in a printed form or in the form of a letter

  • 5.1 Has the seller received a notice that the landlord wants to sell the building?
  • 5.2 Has the seller received any other notice about the building, its use, its condition or its repair and maintenance?

  • 6: Consents

    Note: A consent may be given in a formal document, a letter or orally

  • 6.1 Is the seller aware of any changes in the terms of the lease or of the landlord giving any consents under the lease?

  • 7: Complaints

  • 7.1 Has the seller received any complaint from the landlord, the management company or any neighbour about anything the seller has or has not done?
  • 7.2 Has the seller complained or had cause to complain to or about the landlord, the management company, or any neighbour?

  • 8: Alterations

  • 8.1 Is the seller aware of any alterations having been made to the property since the lease was originally granted?
  • 8.3 Was the landlord's consent for the alterations obtained?

  • 9: Enfranchisement

    Note: 'Enfranchisement' is the right of a tenant to purchase the freehold from their landlord and the right of the tenant to extend the term of the lease

  • 9.1 Has the seller owned the property for at least two years?
  • 9.2 Has the seller served on the landlord a formal notice stating the seller's wish to buy the freehold or be granted an extended lease?
  • 9.3 Is the seller aware of the service of any notice relating to the possible collective purchase of the freehold of the building or part of it by a group of tenants?
  • 9.4 Is the seller aware of any response to a notice disclosed in replies to 10.2 and 10.3 above?
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