What is a leasehold property?
A leasehold property is a flat or maisonette purchased by the tenant from Soha (or prior to 7 July 1997 from South Oxfordshire District Council). The property is on a long lease of up to 125 years. You own the leasehold but Soha remain the freeholder of the land and building.
Your lease gives you the right to live in the property for the term of your lease but you may sell the flat during that time. To find out more, please use the buttons on the right hand menu, or download the Leaseholder's Handbook 
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What information does my lease contain ?
Your lease set out the rights and responsibilities of the landlord and leaseholder. The main provisions are:
- A description of the property, amount of ground rent payable, the date and length of the lease
- The Landlord’s obligations
- The leaseholder’s obligations
- Rights granted to the leaseholder and rights retained by the landlord
- Service charge arrangements such as how the charges are worked out and when they are charged
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As a leaseholder you belong to a small yet important group. The lease of your flat, sets out rights and responsibilities we both have. We intend to carry out our responsibilities in an effective and efficient way.
We aim to provide:
- An excellent service which recognised your needs as a leaseholder
- Information and access to our management service with relation to repairs, service charges, complaints, neighbourhood and tenancy issues
- Up to date information and to consult you on important matters
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