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I'd hate to have the liability of a share of a blank cheque for something
There's no way round this if you're buying leasehold. You'll be liable for a percentage of the maintenance of the building, whatever it needs, just like if you owned (a percentage of) the building.
The added joy is that you're at the mercy of the freeholder to decide what work needs doing and when and who they get in to do it and for how much. The processes for objecting are fairly weak.
(OTOH the processes for freeholders to claim unpaid bills off difficult leaseholders can be equally useless)
grams
Cheers - yeah and I imagine more detail is in the paperwork when you get to that stage. I'd hate to have the liability of a share of a blank cheque for something.
No idea about who owns the freehold at the couple I've just pulled up - maybe whoever owns the most valuable part of the building and split it up initially?
The vendor in this listing owns a share of the freehold https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-94897322.html
And then this one doesn't say anything about the lease at all
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-83293792.html