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How to end a commercial lease early, what happens if you break the terms of your lease, use a clause in your agreement

Most tenants have the right to renew a lease - exceptions and landlord's rights to refuse a renewal of a lease

Leasehold property - leasehold disputes, buying the freehold, service charges, lease extensions and Right to Manage

• Overview

  You only own a leasehold property for a fixed period of time. You’ll have…

• Leaseholder rights and responsibilities

  Your responsibilities Your lease will tell you what conditions you’ve…

• Service charges and other expenses

  Service charges Your lease sets out the way the service charge is…

• Extending, changing or ending a lease

  Extending the lease You can ask the landlord to extend your lease at any…

• Buying the freehold

  You can ask the landlord to sell you the freehold at any time. There are…

• Right to Manage and management disputes

  You may be able to change the management of your building if you’re…

• Leasehold disputes

  There is a different dispute process in Wales. You might be able to…

• Updated: 20 May 2020

What to include in a tenancy agreement, different types of tenancy (including assured shorthold tenancy) and how to end a tenancy.

A tenancy agreement is a contract between you and a landlord - ending a tenancy, changing a tenancy, tenancy types and assured shorthold tenancies

• Updated: 6 April 2016

• Updated: 27 August 2024

• Updated: 14 December 2018

Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.