Leaseholder’s and Landlord’s covenants
The responsibilities and obligations for repair and improving the property are set out in covenants.
Some covenants place obligations on either the leaseholder or the freeholder to carry out certain actions, other covenants prevent the leaseholder or the freeholder from doing certain things.
The lease also defines what is included as part of the leasehold property including garden, land and fencing.
It is worth drawing your attention to, in particular, the exclusion of window frames from the definition of the leasehold property. This means that the landlord is responsible for the maintenance and repair of window frames.
