Your rights and responsibilities
Your lease sets out your rights and responsibilities as a leaseholder.
Getting a copy of your lease
To request a copy of your lease you can email Leaseholdservices@slough.gov.uk. There is a fee of £25.00.
You can also access a copy of your lease on the Land Registry website.
Leases may vary in certain details but the following are standard.
Your responsibilities
As a leaseholder it is your responsibility to:
- pay service charges and ground rent on time
- keep the internal parts of your property in a good condition
- seek our permission before carrying out any structural alterations or improvements to your property
- seek our permission before sub-letting the property
- not cause nuisance or annoy your neighbors or other people living close by
- give the Council and its operatives access to your property for us to carry out necessary work (for example, if we need to carry out work in a loft)
- not breach the buildings insurance policy.
You can contact us on Leaseholdservices@slough.gov.uk.
Independent Advice
For government funded, independent advice for residential leaseholders, visit The Leasehold Advisory Service.