Your lease is the agreement which you signed when you first moved into your property and it will effectively govern what you can and can not do. There are many different things to consider and a broad selection of ways that you can modify your property without...

Thank you for clicking on this week’s Property Surveying blog post. Here at Stokemont, we produce numerous Surveying blogs every week in an attempt to best inform our clients and readers on various different Surveying matters. We hope that thorough reading our blog...

In this week’s Property Surveying blogpost topic, we are going to be discussing Licence for Alterations, in connection with proposed works to top floor flats and the roof spaces above them. In many cases, a lot of leaseholders will assume that if they own the top...

When it comes to a licence for alterations, you’ve got a few different roadblocks that you need to try and navigate if you want to get the best experiences possible. Functionally, there are quite a few different things that you can do to make your experience a lot...

If you are a leaseholder for a property, you might find that occasionally, you want to make material or structural changes. What you’re going to want to do is to make sure that you’ve got yourself a Licence to Alter, which is what you get from your freeholder. But...

If you’re planning on undertaking works to your leasehold flat, you’re probably excited about the space changes, design editions and change of living that comes over most of us when we step into the shoes of an interior designer! However, an important aspect to...

In this week’s property surveying blogpost, we are going to be discussing Licence for Alterations procedures, and in particular if a freeholder has the legal right to refuse a leaseholder’s proposed and requested works.  Believe it or not, the freeholder does indeed...

Licence for alterations procedures are designed to be simple and straightforward. However, as with any procedures there can be bumps along the way, some bigger than others! In a recent case, a freeholder who was a party to licence for alterations procedures found...

If you own a property in a leasehold ownership, and intend to carry out works to your property, whether these are structural and non-structural basis. From a legal perspective and in all likely cases as per the wording of your lease, you will need to adhere to the...

When it comes to getting a license to make alterations to your property, you have to speak with the freeholder, who is the person that will decide whether or not you can get your license. However, other costs for getting yourself a license to alter? Do you have to pay...