Leasehold Management and Service Charges

These pages have been created to provide information for existing Council leaseholders and for anyone who may be thinking of buying their Milton Keynes Council flat or maisonette.

We have tried to give as much information as possible on what being a leaseholder involves and what services leaseholders can expect from the Council.

People who buy their council flat or maisonette are known as leaseholders or lessees. Many are first-time buyers, so owning a property is a new challenge. We hope that this information will help you meet this challenge.

This information only provides a summary of the terms in most leases. It does not replace the terms of your lease, your statutory rights or any other legal agreement. Council leases are not all the same and vary depending on when they were first drawn up.

If you have a problem with the terms of your lease, you are strongly advised to obtain independent legal advice from a solicitor, a Law Centre or a Citizens Advice Bureau.

From time to time our policies will change, and so will the law. We may change any non-statutory procedures set out on these pages and will update this information and let you know when new editions are available.

• Your lease
  • Losing your lease
  • Deed of Variation
  
• Leaseholders Main Obligations
  • Repairs
  • Alterations
  
• Councils Main Obligations
  
• Insurance
  
• Service Charges
  • Estimates and Actuals
  • Payment Methods
  • Service Charge Loan Scheme
  • Payment Difficulties
  • Querying Service Charges
  
• Consultations
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Major Works Consultation - The Basics
  • Long Term Agreements - The Basics
  
• Selling your property
  
• Sub-letting
  
• Repaying your Discount
  
• Buying the Freehold
  
• Complaints
  
• Extending your lease
  
• Neighbour Nuisance
  

If you are experiencing any money worries there is a free and impartial service, please click here to go to the Money Advice Website

Contact details

Leasehold Management Officer - 01908 253467

Service Charge Officers - 01908 253035 or 253036

home.ownership@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Home Ownership Team, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3EJ


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Click here for details on the different ways that you can pay your Service Charges.

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