Buying the freehold of your building

Use this guide to see how you can jointly buy the freehold of the building you live in with other leaseholders.

Costs of buying the freehold

The purchase price takes account of a number of factors and we work it out after the building has been valued. It will include: 

  • the open-market value of the building
  • at least half the marriage value (this is the extra value that results from the freehold and leasehold interests being under the same control)
  • compensation to your landlord for severance (this is added when the sale of a freehold lowers the value of the landlord’s other property) or other losses
  • your landlord’s reasonable costs