"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 7 June 2016 09:06:05 UTC+1, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 08:57:17 -0700 (PDT), whisky-dave wrote:

If it's the same as a flat then there is no maximum it's what the
leaseholder asks for then the negoiations begin.

s/leaseholder/freeholder/ ?

Surely the leaseholder is buying so will offer as little as possible
the freeholder is selling so asks for what they think they might get
+ some.

No the leaseholder already owns the lease.
Once the lease is up the property reverts to the leaseholder so there's no
advantage to them to sell the lease or extend it as they can lose money.


See how easy it is to get wrong:

Once the lease is up the property reverts to the *freeholder* .....