Free legal advice for leasehold flats

It’s one of the best-kept secrets in property: the government-funded Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) that provides free, in-depth and personal legal advice for prospective and current flat owners and freeholders.

Whether you are thinking about buying a leasehold flat, are wondering about lease extension or buying the freehold yourself or having problems with poor management, or excessive service charges, LEASE can help with expert explanations from real specialists.

Demand for LEASE’s service is high and its phone lines can be busy – it addresses around 30,000 enquiries a year. But its new web site at www.lease-advice.org has a wealth of information available, with useful search functions fast-tracking visitors to answers to the most frequently asked questions, and all of its detailed and definitive publications are available to view and download. The web site works in tandem with LEASE’s free telephone advice service, and that is staffed by a team of qualified solicitors and non-practising barristers whose time is available completely free.

“Our goal is to ensure that anyone who visits our web site or speaks to one of our advisers comes away with a clear understanding of the issues facing them and of the options available, not just an even longer list of questions, “ says LEASE chief executive Anthony Essien.

Find LEASE (The Leasehold Advisory Service) at www.lease-advice.org or call them on 020 7354 5380
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About LEASE:
The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) is an Executive Non Departmental Public Body (ENDPB) funded by Government to provide free legal advice to leaseholders, landlords, professional advisers, managers and others on the law affecting residential leasehold and commonhold. It also provides a mediation service.

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