Absentee landlord

Ward, Charles

Absentee landlord - 2006 - Estates Gazette (0617) 29 April 2006, 108-109(2) .

This "Mainly for students" article deals with ground landlords, their importance and the inconvenience to residential leaseholders of not having a ground landlord. Discusses the structure of a residential lease and how to trace a missing ground landlord. Explains why having a ground landlord matters: a ground landlord is directly responsible for buildings insurance, structural maintenance and general management and only the ground landlord can enforce compliance with lease obligations for example. Further reading.