We are pleased to welcome Margaret Ilori to the team
Ashworths are pleased to announce the arrival of a new member to the team. Margaret Ilori joined the firm in March 2025 as a Consultant Solicitor specialising in leasehold enfranchisement. Margaret has extensive expertise in landlord-tenant matters, with decades of experience handling both straightforward and complex property transactions. She is especially skilled in handling statutory […]
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act
One of the pieces of legislation that was saved when Parliament was dissolved on 24 May was The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act. The Act will make it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to buy their freehold, increase standard lease extension terms to 990, and provide greater transparency over service charges. The Act will also […]
Our collection for the local food bank
We’re collecting for Trussell Trust again For the second year running the staff at Ashworths have teamed up with the other occupiers of The Old Exchange (Cargostore Worldwide Trading and American Tax Returns) to collect food and other essential items for the Trussell Trust. Adopting the principle of a “reverse advent calendar” everyone is depositing […]
Where does it all go wrong with leaseholds?
So you’ve completed on your flat purchase – and then what? Where can it all go wrong? Typically once you have completed your flat purchase, you move in, file away any papers received from your solicitor, and carry on with living your life in their new home. Many of you will treat the flat as […]
Share of Freehold
So you have done it. You have been through the process of buying your freehold and you have emerged the other side as proud new ‘share of freeholders’. So what now? The completion of the purchase of your freehold is far from the end of the story. Your freehold requires careful management and the time […]
Deposit Guarantee Schemes
The RICS have published statistics which suggest that acquiring a buy-to-let property is now 500 per cent more expensive than it was five years ago. A 70 per cent Loan to Value mortgage on a typical new-build apartment will mean that an investor has to find well over £100,000. Where a flat may not be […]