Leasehold first-time buyers: 'We're trapped in our own house'

[arista]

You Stupid Fools
ALWAYS buy Freehold property only



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47458498


[Four years on, she's in a home no-one
will buy because of the strict rules
on her lease - which charge her fees
and stop her changing her floor tiles.]

[Cherie]

Thats great Arista, as most flats are leasehold and are the first rung of getting on the property ladder its not always that easy to avoid buying leasehold. Although I wouldnt buy one where the service charge was 800.00 a year and you had no say over your interior decor :umm2: what are they getting for 800.00 I wonder