The terms of your lease will state that your landlord has a responsibility to maintain the common areas – if they are not then contact them and ask them to do so – be aware that they are entitled to charge all the leaseholders for this – if they do not then they are in breach of the terms of the lease. If they are really bad you may wish to consider trying to set up a management scheme under the right to manage or even buy the freehold – both of these options require specialist legal advice to ensure correct procedures are followed If you own a share of the freehold then you, along with the other leaseholders, are responsible for maintenance – will need to arrange either for a cleaner, paid for by all the leaseholders, through the maintenance charge or clean it yourselves on a rota basis. |
