freeholder

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There are around five million leasehold homes, where people own the right to occupy the property via a lease for a certain number of years from a freeholder.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

The leaseholders' local authority, Spelthorne Borough Council, told the BBC it has removed the pigeons and carried out "pest-proofing" in the block, and said it would try to reclaim the cost from the freeholder.

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

The land remains the property of a freeholder, with FirstPort managing properties on the development.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Robert Carter, another of the council, and the greatest freeholder in that proprietary.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert