Leaseholder information

Information for leaseholders

When you buy a flat or maisonette from the council it's sold on a long lease and you become a leaseholder.

Leaseholders pay £10 ground rent a year as well as a service charge for the cost of running services. Services include the following:

  • buildings insurance
  • estate services
  • shared heating
  • communal electricity and water
  • window cleaning
  • ground maintenance
  • repairs
  • major works.

Find out how we calculate service charges with our breakdown of service charges.

To find out more about building insurance, download Leasehold Summary of Cover 2021 to 2022.

Read the Leaseholder Service Charge Calculation Policy.

Leaseholder (Section 20) Consultation

We have a duty to consult leaseholders and Recognised Tenants Associations (RTAs) before carrying out works to a building or before entering into any long term agreement for delivering services. This is known as a Section 20 Consultation. 

Read the Leaseholder Section 20 Consultation Policy.

Leaseholder Forum

Our first Leaseholder Forum takes place on Monday 21 October.

  • Time: 2pm to 3pm
  • Where: virtual via Microsoft Teams.

Agenda

  1. Welcome and introductions
  2. Setting the scene/hot topics
  3. Capital works overview
  4. Estate management
  5. Q and A
  6. Next steps for engagement
  7. AOB.

If you would like to attend, email leaseholders@medway.gov.uk.