Unlike with most other freehold properties, shared areas and facilities on a freehold estate are not owned or looked after by the local council. Instead, a private management company or homeowners themselves, via an estate management firm, take on the responsibility. In some cases, they doubled or trebled if a new management company was appointed. "I'd never, ever, ever consider living in one [a freehold estate] ever again," he said. Here are seven questions she said you should ask...Do you live on a freehold estate?

Source: The Times June 14, 2025 16:02 UTC