converting flat from 1 to 2 bedrooms
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Hi all,
My brother owns a 1 bed leasehold flat which is the upstairs part of an old 3 bedroom house. The freehold is owned by the downstairs flat. My brother has the capacity to convert his flat into a 2 double bedroom flat if he moves his kitchen into the living room (currently 18x20ft).
He had wanted to do a loft conversion in the past but the freeholder said no because she didn't want extra people in the flat (citing noise as the main reason). Move on a couple of years and my bro is now single and and needs to rent a room out for cashflow, can the freeholder legally stop him, notes from the lease docs say:
- any structural and non structural alternations need to have gained consent before woks commence
- nothing about it having to stay as a 1 bed
- he owns half of the space between floor and downstairs ceiling (thinking for pipes etc)
Or is a case of what the freeholder says goes?
Cheers,
Matt
My brother owns a 1 bed leasehold flat which is the upstairs part of an old 3 bedroom house. The freehold is owned by the downstairs flat. My brother has the capacity to convert his flat into a 2 double bedroom flat if he moves his kitchen into the living room (currently 18x20ft).
He had wanted to do a loft conversion in the past but the freeholder said no because she didn't want extra people in the flat (citing noise as the main reason). Move on a couple of years and my bro is now single and and needs to rent a room out for cashflow, can the freeholder legally stop him, notes from the lease docs say:
- any structural and non structural alternations need to have gained consent before woks commence
- nothing about it having to stay as a 1 bed
- he owns half of the space between floor and downstairs ceiling (thinking for pipes etc)
Or is a case of what the freeholder says goes?
Cheers,
Matt
Webbit said:
Hi all,
My brother owns a 1 bed leasehold flat which is the upstairs part of an old 3 bedroom house. The freehold is owned by the downstairs flat. My brother has the capacity to convert his flat into a 2 double bedroom flat if he moves his kitchen into the living room (currently 18x20ft).
He had wanted to do a loft conversion in the past but the freeholder said no because she didn't want extra people in the flat (citing noise as the main reason). Move on a couple of years and my bro is now single and and needs to rent a room out for cashflow, can the freeholder legally stop him, notes from the lease docs say:
- any structural and non structural alternations need to have gained consent before woks commence
- nothing about it having to stay as a 1 bed
- he owns half of the space between floor and downstairs ceiling (thinking for pipes etc)
Or is a case of what the freeholder says goes?
Cheers,
Matt
Sounds like he needs permission to me.My brother owns a 1 bed leasehold flat which is the upstairs part of an old 3 bedroom house. The freehold is owned by the downstairs flat. My brother has the capacity to convert his flat into a 2 double bedroom flat if he moves his kitchen into the living room (currently 18x20ft).
He had wanted to do a loft conversion in the past but the freeholder said no because she didn't want extra people in the flat (citing noise as the main reason). Move on a couple of years and my bro is now single and and needs to rent a room out for cashflow, can the freeholder legally stop him, notes from the lease docs say:
- any structural and non structural alternations need to have gained consent before woks commence
- nothing about it having to stay as a 1 bed
- he owns half of the space between floor and downstairs ceiling (thinking for pipes etc)
Or is a case of what the freeholder says goes?
Cheers,
Matt
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