Being a Leaseholder

Gas Servicing

All leaseholders are responsible for servicing their gas appliances annually. For more information about gas servicing please click here.

Leaseholder Handbook

To view a copy of the Leaseholder Handbook click here.

Mortgage Advice

If you are worried about your mortgage or think it will be difficult to to pay when your fixed rate ends, get advice now.  To see the latest advice from the National Homelessness Advice Service click here.

Your Lease Agreement

You will have bought the lease and will be a tenant with a long lease.

Your lease is a legally binding document between you and Housing Solutions.

The lease will detail:

The price you paid for the property

Your duties and responsibilities as a 'leaseholder'.

Our duties and responsibilities as a 'freeholder'.

Service Charges

Service Charges - Paying your service charges

Service charge invoices are sent out twice a year in April and October.  It is your responsibility to pay the service charges that apply to your property.

For more information about the ways in which you can pay your service charges please click here.

Help with service charges may be available through Income Support or Pension Credit.  Further information can be obtained from the Citizens Advice Bureau. Your local CAB telephone numbers are listed below.

Maidenhead - 01628 621006

Basingstoke - 01256 322814

High Wycombe - 0844 4994108

Wokingham - 0844 4994126

If you wish to dispute any element of your service charges please contact Housing Solutions to discuss further. The links below may be useful.

The Leasehold Advisory Service www.lease-advice.org

The Leasehold Valuation Tribunal www.rpts.gov.uk