I want to buy my leasehold but don’t know where to start and need advice

[YourKindPeachMaker]

Hi all, I’m hoping to get some contacts for solicitors who have experience in leasehold matters, specifically collective enfranchisement. And even more specifically, how buying a freehold may interact with current plans for major works at (what I suspect are) grotesquely inflated costs. My flat is in London and my freeholder is Hyde in case that matters. Thanks for any suggestion/advice/contact. I feel sick to my stomach at what leaseholders are put through in this ludicrous system.

The Leaseholder Advisory Service is helpful: https://www.lease-advice.org/buying-and-selling/buying-the-freehold/buying-the-freehold-flats/

You’ll need to check that you meet the eligibility criteria and have the support of at least 50% of your fellow leaseholders.

ETA: there are complexities if major works you’ve received notice of are contracted or completed before the transfer completes, all leaseholders would remain liable for their share in that instance.

I fairly recently used Sara Bensusan at Peter Brown & Co for a lease extension on my late sister's flat which I was selling as executor. She also did the conveyancing. Sara handled some potentially tricky issues with the co-freeholder with skill and diplomacy.
Peter Brown & Co

Also join the National Leasehold Campaign Facebook group for lots of helpful advice and support 👍