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Yeahhhh... all that shit confuses me. I own a share in the company that owns the freehold? Is that how they all work?
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Two different things.
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No, but that's fine. By the sound of it you are share of freehold?
In terms of who you would be fucking - as a shared freeholder you wear two hats. You need to think about your own interest as a lessee but also your interests as as a freeholder. So you would be fucking yourself but also someone else. In reality if it doesn't affect anyone else you are very unlikely to get any complaints but it's not kosher.
On the structural stuff - (I presume) you aren't qualified to make that judgement (if you're not a structural engineer). Again, you can make that judgement if you want but it could invalidate your buildings insurance and if the house falls down I doubt they'd pay out. You could also have issues when it comes to resale if there's no paperwork trail on the changes (building control/the structural stuff), but in reality I'm not sure how likely that is given the way the housing market works. A lot of that could come down to how thorough the buyer's/your neighbour's conveyancing solicitor is.
Asbestos - fuck that. If there is any chance of there being any get the professionals in. You can have a survey done even for a very small area, I had to do that once. I hope robadob is joking about dust masks from poundland. Even if you managed to not breath it in how would you plan to dispose of it or safely clean the area?
lynx
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Are you leasehold though?