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  • an unknown buyer may tripple the ground rent

    This isn’t possible, I don’t think?

    The GR is fixed during the lease term and you have the right to extend the lease w/ peppercorn ground rent subject to various bits of lawyering.

  • Yeah we need to dig out the original contract, it's girlfriend's flat so she signed the papers. I've been searching about legal limits and I couldn't find anything definitive. Do you know if someone buy's the freehold will they have to continue with the same lease agreement or will they be able to negotiate a new one?

  • Do you know if someone buy's the freehold will they have to continue with the same lease agreement or will they be able to negotiate a new one?

    The contract is the contract and unless weirdly drafted should survive the freehold changing hands.

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