Cladding, sky-high service charges and onerous ground rents have frozen thousands of city centre flats. We'll show you where you really stand and the realistic ways out.
residential blocks with unsafe cladding still waiting for remediation work to start.
the proposed annual cap on ground rent for most existing leases, expected from around 2028.
Sources: Construction Enquirer (Aug 2026); draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill (Jan 2026).If any of these sound like you, the free check is the place to start.
You bought a city centre flat as a first home. Now there's a baby or a toddler, you need a garden, and buyers keep pulling out.
Your block is waiting on funding or works, there's no EWS1, and lenders won't touch it. Meanwhile the service charge keeps climbing.
You bought to let, the mortgage is now worth more than the flat, and rates have gone up. Selling looks like a loss you can't afford.
About a dozen quick questions. You'll get a plain-English traffic-light result for your flat straight away.
Your answers stay in your browser. Nothing is sent to us or stored unless you choose to contact us afterwards.
No hard sell and no "we buy any flat" lowball offers. Just an honest assessment from someone who has spent 40 years selling property.
The online check above shows you which problems are holding your flat back and which ones are likely to ease on their own.
We review your lease, your building's safety and funding position, and your mortgage. You get a realistic value and a clear recommendation: sell now, let it, or hold.
Where a whole block is stuck, we organise owners together. That means pressure on freeholders and managing agents, and in some cases selling flats together to a larger buyer.
Some of the problems trapping flat owners are on their way to being fixed. Selling at a big discount right before that happens would be painful.
The government's draft Bill caps ground rent on most existing leases at £250 a year, falling to zero after 40 years. It's expected to take effect from around late 2028, subject to Parliament and possible legal challenges.
Under the Building Safety Act 2022, many "qualifying leaseholders" can't be charged for cladding remediation, and other safety costs are capped. Whether you qualify depends on your circumstances on 14 February 2022.
Since August 2026, buildings under 11 metres can apply for cladding funding through the Cladding Safety Scheme. Leaseholders can't apply directly, so your freeholder or managing agent needs to act.
There's no cap on service charges, and building insurance in affected blocks is still high. This is where owners acting together can make the biggest difference.
years in estate agency and property, through every market from the early 90s crash to today.
After four decades of selling homes, I've never seen a part of the market as broken as city centre flats. Good people did everything right, bought a home, and are now trapped by problems they didn't create.
The Leasehold Property Clinic exists to give those owners an honest, independent view of their options and help them move on with their lives.
[Your Dad's name], founder
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser and you don't need to give us any details to see your result.
No. We don't buy flats. We give independent advice on your options, which may include selling, letting, waiting, or acting together with other owners in your building.
No. We're property specialists, not solicitors or financial advisers. Where you need legal or mortgage advice, we'll point you to specialists who understand these buildings.
[Price to be confirmed]. You'll know the cost up front before we start, and there are no hidden fees.
Yes, and that's often where the biggest wins are. Get in touch and tell us roughly how many owners are involved.
Take the free check now. If you'd like us to look at your situation properly, you can get in touch afterwards.
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