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	Buying the freehold of a house If you own a leasehold house you normally have the right to buy the freehold after you have owned the lease for at least two years. You will have to pay for all of the legal fees involved. The law ... Your home, your assets and your care home fees Many people pay at least part of their care home fees but this doesn’t always mean you have to sell your home and other assets. If you plan ahead, you can make sure you still have something of value ... Shared Driveways A shared driveway is an access way, standing partly on one owner's land and partly on an adjacent owner's land, over which both owners enjoy a right of way. There are two common situations in w... Easements An easement is a right benefiting one piece of land (known as the dominant tenement) that permits the rightful users of that land to perform specified actions over an adjacent piece of land (known as ... Private Right of Way Ideally, the owners of both the dominant and servient tenements should know exactly: • where the right of way runs from and to; • exactly what route the right of way follows between those two poin... Car Parking On your own land Generally, you may park a vehicle or vehicles wherever you want to on your own land. The principal exception to this is that if there is a right of way (private or public) across ... Dampness in Rented House or Flat Who is responsible for sorting out dampness depends on the type of dampness. If it is caused by a structural defect (such as a lack of damp-proof course, poor ventilation or a hole in the roof) your l...

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