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Could this be the time to try and buy the freehold? Use the roof as leverage to get them to agree to help you buy it if you front the money?
This is my thought this morning.
Even if I ask them to only get involved in buying the freehold so we can force that... I don't mind them being freeholders too, I just want clarity on the lease. The roof is exactly why, and would allow us to re-write the lease as a horizontal split where the roof becomes fully mine and we both go from 150 year to 999 year leases in the process.
Our ground rent is £0, so the freehold purchase should be a formality and low cost... and then I can just do the whole of the roof.
Velocio
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Just to play devil's advocate, going from £1-3k to £8-14k is not insignificant.
While I appreciate the idea of doing it all in one go, if patching it lasts say 2-3yrs then a full repair is not an obvious no-brainer. Especially if you factor in how often people move.
Could this be the time to try and buy the freehold? Use the roof as leverage to get them to agree to help you buy it if you front the money?