freeholder

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Andain's housing association told us that a managing agent, appointed by a freeholder, sets the service charge and it had challenged increases and requested justifications.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

At the moment, the freeholder of a property generally owns the building and the land beneath it, outright and forever.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

As the law currently stands, the freeholder of a property generally owns the building and the land beneath it, outright and forever.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Kate told us she wrote back to the new freeholder, Magnitude Developments Ltd, and its owner Ameen Raza, asking for clarity about the proposed works.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

He subsequently sold the land outright, and so Lord Chancellor Henry Bathurst, Baron Apsley, and Earl Bathurst, became the freeholder, and named his residence “Apsley House.”

From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)