Blocks of flats often want to change the relationship between a leaseholder and the freeholder. But no matter how logical it may sound - for example, why should someone on the ground floor pay towards the upkeep of a lift - the fact remains that it all boils down to what is in the lease, explains Nigel Glen, chief executive of The Association of Residential Managing Agents.
The lavish property, where the showbiz couple previously hosted parties for the likes of Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson, is yet to be snapped up.
The lavish 6,000-sq. foot home, which has a white motif complemented by sunlight, comes with unparalleled views spanning about 150 feet of Central Park.
MailOnline Property has picked three dining room tables that combine function and style within various budgets,
We have found 10 homes currently for sale with asking prices that have been cut by a drastic percentage since they were put on the market.
The Bedfordshire town of Luton has beat stiff competition from Weybridge and Dorking in Surrey to top a list of Britain’s commuter hotspots. Its research took into account the average price of a home in the area, along with the length of the commute into London, frequency of trains and the likelihood of being able to sit down on the train.
New research by property website Zoopla found that an average home in Britain rose in value by a total of £9,652 this year, the equivalent of £28 a day.
Sir Cliff Richard has put his beautiful six-bedroom mansion (pictured) in the upscale Sugar Hill Resort on the west coast of Barbados up for sale.
Comedian Michael McIntyre has held talks about selling the Wiltshire mansion that he bought for £2.5 million five years ago to the Night Manager star Tom Hiddleston.
The trends for 2018 are bolder than ever, with deep, dark shades, patterns, more metallics and a continuation of our love for velvet.
Luxury property Eden Mansion in Fife, Scotland, - which once belonged to one of the country's most famous whisky dynasties and was eyed up by Kate and Wills - has gone on sale for £1.75million.
The district of Hart, which includes the town of Fleet, is named the best place to live after scoring highly on factors including health and life expectancy, earnings crime rates and weather. Southern England dominates the annual top 50 list published by Halifax, securing 35 of the 50 places - with 17 in the South East, nine in the East of England, five in the South West and four in London.
Property prices have remained resilient this year in the face of economic uncertainty and in the face of Brexit. Can this continue into 2018? This is Money asks the experts.
The island is one of 1,864 islands located on the St. Lawrence River, which separates New York from Ontario.
Owner Mark Keeley built the tiny home in the heart of Wheatley, Oxfordshire. It is one tenth the size of a tennis court, measuring just 36 square metres, and it is sandwiched between two town houses.
Two bedrooms or smaller homes, the typical target of first time buyers, have seen monthly asking prices rise 1.1 per cent, Rightmove said.
The most viewed properties for sale this year range from a five-bed former church in West Yorkshire for £150k to a 10-bed house in London for almost £30million. They include an eight-bedroom detached house in London's fashionable Primrose Hill (pictured top centre) which boasts a wine cellar and bar, an emerald green cinema room and a dedicated massage room.
I am buying a home with my boyfriend and was delighted when the Budget revealed a stamp duty cut for first-time buyers up to £300k - but I am unsure if I qualify for it.
We pick 10 properties around the country that the average first-time buyer with a budget of £165,000 budget can afford to buy.
A new generation of lifetime renters is emerging, and they are expected to spend £1,1million on rental payments if they fail to get onto the property ladder.
EXCLUSIVE: Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, 41, came under fire over plans to build a 160sq ft shed housing a play room and art studio in the garden of his three-storey home in north London.
Chalet Huskey is the largest new build chalet to be built in the popular resort of Val-d'Isère in the French Alps, and it is on the market for £8million. As well as an indoor garden with a glass bridge, it boasts an indoor swimming pool, seven bedrooms and a climbing wall. There is also a bar and a dining area that can seat 18 people.
Residents in Thorpe Lane (pictured) in Suffolk’s Trimley St Martin hold the dubious honour of having the country’s slowest internet.
The owners of this Caribbean property for sale on Bloody Beach Bay will only accept Bitcoin as payment (and are refusing cash).
We take a look at how to get living room to sell your home and get some tips from an estate agent on what buyers want.
Highlighting the extreme financial pressures placed on those wanting to buy their own home - mortgage broker L&C; created an interactive map that shows how first-time buyers will be affected.
Newly-engaged Royal couple Prince Harry and Megan Markle have set up home in a modest cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace. But those who would like their new home to be a more regal affair, MailOnline Property has selected 10 castles for sale. However, a word of warning about living in a castle comes from property experts who insist that a Royal budget is often required to maintain them as it is not just the initial asking price that can be expensive.
This new development in London's Chelsea offers onsite spa facilities and beauty treatments and infra-red beams on the floor that alert a nurse if you fall.
The novel 'Me Before You' was written by author JoJo Moyes at her Grade II listed Essex farmhouse, which has gone on the market for £1.5million.
The old Innerpeffray Station house, on a disused railway line near Crieff, Perthshire has gone on the market nearly 70 years after closing its doors to the public.
Viewers disagreed with the judges who crowned elaborate Caring Wood (top left), in Kent, House of the Year, calling it ugly and saying it tipped its hat to '70s building blocks'
The Chancellor ditched his 'Spreadsheet Phil' reputation for tight money management - turning on the spending taps to meet a bewildering array of challenges.
Landlords breathed a sigh of relief as fears of another Budget tax raid proved unfounded - with the only buy-to-let reference a pledge to look into longer-term tenancies.
Madness singer Suggs used to own this Campden Mews house in London in the 1980s when he released the hit song 'Our House'. He bought it in 1981, aged just 20, following the group's success in the Top 10. Their most popular songs included 'Baggy Trousers' and 'House of Fun'.
Stamp duty should be taken back to a flat 1% across the board, but if we won't do that and give up the revenue maybe it is time to charge the seller on their gain not the buyer.
Our investigation reveals how baffling - and inexplicable - quirks in Britain’s council tax system have left homeowners facing a bills lottery.
Armistice Day has been and gone for another year, yet the tales of heroism that took place during the world wars are always with us
New research found that 70% of 16 to 18-year-olds do not expect to be able to afford to buy a home, among concern about rising property prices.
Consider renting out parts of your home - from your driveway to your living room - and see how you could earn £1,000 a month. A host of websites mean now give you direct access to a wide audience of potential customers who are willing to pay to use almost every square foot of your home.
A leak caused damage to my flat with water seeping into the walls. But my fellow freeholders were not happy that I claimed on our building insurance.
The French singer who was best known for her song 'Non, je ne regrette rien', bought the four-bedroom property in Grasse on the French Riviera in the 1950s.
For the last three years, the couple and their children have been living at their home in Bel-Air as they waited for renovations to complete. The Bel-Air property was recently sold for $17.8 million.
Famous British racing driver James Hunt lived at the mews property in London's Fulham between 1980 and 1982 - it's now on the market for £2.7m.
Buying a holiday home in your favourite destination could not only prove the ultimate antidote to the British winter but may also prove a sound investment. We've selected a handful of overseas properties that could be the answer to your holiday home dreams - ranging from an exclusive 12-bedroom home in America's California to a much cheaper one-bedroom flat closer to home in Spain's Andalusia. But can you guess the price?
Knowing the top reasons why tenants don't get their deposits back can help ensure that it doesn't happen to you when you leave a property.
TV property expert Sarah Beeny has chosen this Property of the Month with its six bedrooms and balcony providing stunning countryside views.
Landlord David Girtchen has spoken of his shock after finding dog faeces scattered across the west Hull house, bedroom walls covered in graffiti and bathroom tiles ripped off the walls.
House prices will slow down as interest rates rise more than previously thought, Savills predicted today - but the average home will still go up £30,000 in five years.
Furniture that was first hugely popular in the 1960s and 1970s is staging a revival - and the items can now fetch thousands of pounds. 'If you are looking to sell a piece, look for labels as anything made by a Danish or Italian designer could go for £8,000 upwards,' advises Stacey Sibley of interior designers Alexander James.
The deal lets students become an amateur landlord if they have a parent or grandparent prepared to back them and put up savings or their own home as security.
We rely on black in our wardrobes but it is also a useful and chic colour when used in the home. Black walls set off bright furniture beautifully and black accessories make a style statement.
Who hasn't been driven to distraction by one of these 'trained negotiators' and their inability to direct you to the kind of home you actually want?
The changes to customer rates are underway after the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee announced at noon it would hike the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent.
When someone mentions a price tag on a property of £520,000, most people would naturally think that it is the cost of buying it. But not for this Grade I listed townhouse in London's Regent's Park, where that price only covers the cost of renting the property - and just for a single year. The newly-refurbished rental property is part of a palatial terrace in London's Regents Park, designed by Royal Architect John Nash and completed in 1826.
The six-storey mansion near Portobello Road is believed to be the first property in London where buyers will only accept the digital currency and not cash - in this case, about 5,050 Bitcoin.
Four of the 10 market towns with the lowest house prices in England are located in the north-eastern county, according to Lloyds Bank.
The Orkney Islands, Shetland and the Western Isles were among the top places in a quality of life index drawn up by the Halifax.
Perks could include clawing back tax relief for landlords that is currently being withdrawn, a leading property expert has suggested.
The childhood abode of writer EM Forster, pictured inset, overlooking the countryside on the edge of the Hertfordshire town of Stevenage doesn't disappoint, boasting five bedrooms, an inglenook fireplace and original servant bells. The author lived at the property between the ages of four and 14, and referenced it in his 1910 novel Howards End. Now the home is on the market for £1.5million
The Anglesey property dates back to the 17th century and has no utilities connected - but has been described by estate agents as being 'a great opportunity'.
Converting a buy-to-let property to a short-term holiday let isn't as simple as creating a listing on a site like Airbnb, experts have warned.
John Green, 68, from Skipton, North Yorkshire, is so against having a smart meter that he's put a padlock on his existing meter box to prevent it being replaced when he's out.
Britain's most popular homes for sale this month include a six-bedroom mansion in Hertfordshire and a converted one-bedroom house in Cornwall that was once a Methodist chapel.
Research by Zoopla said there are now 14,417 streets in Britain where the average house price is at least £1million - some 1,999 more than in 2016. Top spot is claimed by Kensington Palace Gardens, the road next door to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's home, while the continuing rise of Britain's Millionaire's Rows means those without royalty as neighbours may also live near to some of Britain's most expensive roads outside London, with Roundhay Park Lane, in Leeds, Broadway, in Altrincham, and Lovelace Avenue, in Solihull, claiming top spot in their individual regions.
How your home can make you £1,000 a month:
Consider renting out your spare room, driveway or even your living room
A house that's miles ahead of its competitors!
Former London home of British racing driver James Hunt is for sale for £2.7m
Could landlords be offered tax relief for offering longer-term tenancies?
Perks could include clawing back tax relief that's currently being withdrawn
Could your gran's old sideboard, sofa or dining table be worth thousands?
Sixties and Seventies furniture is making a comeback - and its value is rocketing
Yours to RENT for £520,000 a year!
The luxury Regent's Park townhouse designed in the 1800s for the Royals and now refurbished for super-rich tenants
A room with a view!
The childhood home of EM Forster - and the inspiration for the country house in his novel Howards End -goes on sale for £1.5m
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Up to 50% off million-pound homes!
Buyers can bag a bargain as luxury property market is hit by stamp duty hikes and Brexit concerns
A convenient house price rise
This converted public toilet in Surrey was sold last year after being marketed for sale with an asking price of £285k - and today it is for sale for £330k
Fancy living next to The Hoff? Here's your chance...
The Baywatch star has bought a new home on tropical island Gili Meno and a neighbouring property is for sale
If money really was no object...the world's most expensive homes for sale revealed
Fancy a 7-bed villa in Thailand or a mansion on Australia's Great Barrier Reef?
A perfect escape from the daily grind!
Idyllic windmill converted into a six-bed family home goes on the market for £1.2m
Three-bed house with stunning harbour views goes on sale in Cornwall for just £55k, but there's just one snag...
The house has a blanket of ivy over the front
'One in ten' new-build homes bought by overseas investors is being left empty, claims leading property buyer
Investors buy them with no intention of renting them out
Top interior design tips revealed!
Learn the tricks of the trade as three bland new-build homes are given a simple but sophisticated makeover
Banking on good rentals!
London apartments with a £2.3m Banksy mural on the outside go on the rental market for £1,000 a week
What can you buy in Britain for £1million?
From a seven-bed house in Cornwall to a two-bed London flat, we reveal how far your money will stretch
Can you guess the price of these houses for sale?
Take our quiz to see how well you know property prices around the country
The luxury student digs that cost £67k a year to rent!
Mayfair flats come with daily cleaning - but you may still have to share with strangers
This hexagonal Grand Designs eco home with an 800-year-old TREE TRUNK for a staircase was built for £300K ten years ago
But how much is it on the market for today?
A three-bed flat in Waterloo for £20m-PLUS?
None of the homes have been completed, but already 60% have been sold on the luxury development next to Waterloo station
Owners of new flats forced to fork out £2,800 a year in property management fees
One in three management companies admit to raising costs
What would you find most attractive in a potential home?
Now share your opinion
Do you live in one of the 50 best places in Britain?
Hart in Hampshire tops the list and the Orkney Islands win second place
Would you opt for a tracker mortgage if interest rates are set to go up in 2018?
Here's why it might be worth it
Britain's top ten property hotspots of 2017 revealed
Picturesque Suffolk town of Sudbury leads the places where asking prices rose fastest
I owned a home briefly years ago
Do I qualify as a first-time buyer to avoid stamp duty - and how would I get caught out?
Where can you get on the property ladder with a £6,897 deposit?
We reveal the UK's Help to Buy hotspots
Rip-off leases on new houses are banned
Law to ban 'feudal' practice that exploits buyers to be announced by Sajid Javid
Revealed: The towns where property asking prices are being slashed
With sellers cutting by an average of £25k
What can a first-time buyer afford around the UK?
We reveal what the average £165k budget buys - from a boat in London to a three-bed in Wales
The most-viewed properties for sale in 2017 revealed
Including a £150k former church and a ten-bed detached London house costing £30m
Property prices are up £10k in a year, figures show
But homes in this pocket of north Kent are up 15.5%
Should you hang on for cheaper mortgage rates?
Experts predict a best buy bonanza before Christmas
How to get a living room that will sell your home
Six top tips to make yours a hit among house hunters
Bitcoin Bay
Idyllic 13-acre plot on a Caribbean island for sale at £5.3M, but the owners will only take the cryptocurrency as payment
Helping first-time buyers is noble, but movers need a stamp duty cut too, says SIMON LAMBERT...
And perhaps the seller should pay
What next for mortgage rates?
Lenders cut fixes again as interest rate rise drifts once more
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