Using a flat for “immoral purposes” can be grounds for forfeiture The Sunday Times today exposes a prime London site belonging to freeholder, insurance tycoon and Conservative Party donor Christopher Moran as being full prostitutes. Many have to sell their bodies 30 times a month before they can afford the rents of £3,000 a month […]
Prostitutes breach leasehold covenants concerning ‘persons of immoral life’
By Jan Middleton With regard to the article ‘Panic at prostitutes results in £912 sub-letting fee demand’ article, Leasehold Knowledge Partnership readers may be interested in my own experiences at my leasehold estate this week. Concerns were raised with the police by a number of residents/leasehold owners – including me – that there was prostitution […]
Panic at prostitutes results in £912 sub-letting fee demand
The extraordinary story of how leasehold owner Claire Jenkinson was presented with a subletting demand for £912 in sub-letting fees, after she sought to rent out her Kensington flat. Troy Court, which recently won RTM, imposed the fee after a panic over prostitutes using the prestigious address at the entrance to Holland Park. […]
Troy Court £912 leasehold sub-letting fee cut by £400 thanks to LKP (with more to come?)
The Kensington leasehold resident who faced a demand for a ludicrous £912 sub-letting fee for renting out her flat has had the sum reduced by £360, after contacting Leasehold Knowledge Partnership. The property manager Blenheims has conceded that Claire Jenkinson should not have been invoiced £360 (inc VAT) for the freeholder’s undefined legal expenses. It […]
£912 sub-letting fee demanded at Kensington’s Troy Court – after prostitutes moved in
Troy Court in Kensington High Street – one of the most desirable addresses in the country – has been so plagued by unwelcome tenants, including prostitutes, that it is making flat owners pay eye-watering sub-letting fees that in one case amount to £912, including VAT. Claire Jenkinson is so incensed by the “astronomical” demand passed […]