Freeholder vs Leaseholder

[ewand]

I'm a leaseholder and the freeholder wants to spend a large amount of money painting the windows of the property. However, i'm not too fussed about having them done and this could cost around �1k. Do I have rights to contest?

[redcrx]

what does your lease say about maintaining the property. If the freeholder specifies it must be done periodically then maybe you could get your own quote thats cheaper.

[IggyB]

only you can know this by reading your whole lease - it will probably mention the areas of the house that you are responsible for maintaining and which areas are everyones concern - if the windows fall into communal area of responsibility then it should also detail how this should be paid for. For example under my lease we all put in a certain amount of money to a maintenance account to do things like paint the outside of the house etc