Leasehold property
Right to Manage and management disputes
You may be able to change the management of your building if you鈥檙e unhappy with the way it鈥檚 being run and you live in a leasehold flat. You can either:
- apply to a tribunal to ask them to appoint a new manager
- take over the management responsibilities, known as your 鈥楻ight to Manage鈥�
Appoint a new manager
You must prove bad management if you want to appoint a new manager, for example:
- you have to pay unreasonable service charges
- the landlord has not complied with an approved code of management practice
Apply to a tribunal in England, or the in Wales.
You can only apply to the tribunal if you鈥檝e sent the landlord a 鈥楽ection 22 notice鈥� - this gives them a chance to fix the problems. Contact for advice.
Right to Manage
The lets you and the other leaseholders take over certain management responsibilities from the landlord without having to prove bad management.
You鈥檒l need to find out if you qualify - contact for advice.
You and the other leaseholders can manage the building yourselves or pay a managing agent to do it.