Guides
Service charges
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The right to manage: how leaseholders take over a block’s management, what changed in 2025, and running it from abroad
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The lock-up-and-leave London flat: the specification for a family that visits a few weeks a year
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When you fall out with the freeholder: service charge challenges, forfeiture, and the tribunal, for an owner abroad
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Setting up a London home from abroad: council tax, utilities, broadband, insurance and the first month
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New-build warranties and snagging: what the ten-year warranty covers, what it does not, and how to inspect a flat you cannot visit
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Surveys explained: Level 2 or Level 3, what they cost, and what they find in London stock
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A London second home used in summer: the honest running cost, line by line, for twelve months
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Houses or flats? What a Gulf family should buy in London, on cost, running, letting, security and use
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Short lets and Airbnb in London: the 90-night rule, the lease, and what an owner who uses the flat in summer can actually do
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Council tax on a London second home: the 100 per cent premium and what it means for a family that visits in summer
