| Single
Tier Lease
Not all blocks are situated on Council estates.
Some are single blocks in residential areas and are known
as "infill" blocks. If you live in an infill block,
you will possess a single tier lease. The Council also grants
single tier leases to people who have purchased flats within
converted houses.
If you live in a block or converted house,
which is not situated on an estate, you will be required to
contribute to your share of the costs for the upkeep of the
area surrounding and affecting your individual block.
There is no need to calculate an estate percentage
for single tier leases. The estate (if relevant) and your
block are shown on the Lease Plan which forms part of your
lease.
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Two Tier Lease
The most common type of lease is a two-tier
lease, which applies to flats in blocks on housing estates.
It contains two percentages, one for the estate (where the
block is situated) and the other for block (where the flat
is situated). These percentages are used to calculate your
service charges.
The block percentage covers the management,
maintenance and repair of items such as block cleaning, block
minor repairs, lift electricity and maintenance and block
lighting, hire of paladin bins buildings insurance and management
expenses.
The estate percentage covers the management,
maintenance and repair of items such as emergency response
service, garden maintenance, repairs to estate facilities,
walls or fences, estate cleaning and the lighting of footways,
paths and grounds as these relate to the estate as a whole.
If you live on an estate your lease will require that you
pay your share of the costs for the upkeep of the general
estate areas.
Your service charges do not cover costs arising
from the repair and maintenance of lighting located on adopted
public highways running through some estates. These expenses
are met from the Council's General Fund, the cost of which
is met from your Council Tax.
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