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These are real questions from real buildings. Each answer comes with the specific clause from YOUR lease.
LEASE-iQ reads your specific lease and tells you exactly what's permitted - not generic legal principles. Some leases prohibit subletting entirely, others allow it with consent. Your lease clause is cited in the answer.
Upload your lease and LEASE-iQ will tell you what your freeholder can and can't charge for. If a cost isn't covered by your lease, it's not recoverable - regardless of what your managing agent says.
LEASE-iQ reads the repairing obligations in your lease and tells you exactly who is responsible for what. The answer comes with the specific clause reference so you can show it to contractors and leaseholders.
LEASE-iQ cross-references your lease terms with the Landlord and Tenant Act requirements. It tells you whether your proposed works trigger Section 20LTA 1985, s.20. Three-stage consultation required for qualifying works over £250 per leaseholder or qualifying long-term agreements over £100 per leaseholder per year., what the thresholds are, and what happens if you skip it.
No training. No fine-tuning. LEASE-iQ reads YOUR lease every time.
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A lease isn’t one document - it’s a main body, multiple schedules, and amendments that cross-reference each other. Clause 3.2 might say one thing, but Schedule 5 Part II overrides it, and a 2019 deed of variation changes it again. Generic AI treats the whole thing as flat text. It has no understanding of this hierarchy.
Your lease operates inside a web of statute: the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985LTA 1985. Governs service charges, repair obligations, and leaseholder rights. Key sections include s.18 (service charge definition), s.20 (consultation), and s.21 (account summaries)., the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, the Building Safety Act 2022. A lease clause that looks valid on paper may be unenforceable under s.19LTA 1985, s.19. Service charges must be reasonable. A lease clause cannot override this statutory requirement. The tribunal can determine what is reasonable. or overridden by s.20LTA 1985, s.20. Mandatory consultation before qualifying works (over £250 per leaseholder) or qualifying long-term agreements (over £100 per leaseholder per year). Skip it and recovery is capped at £250.. ChatGPT doesn’t know this. It reads the clause in isolation.
Ask the same question twice, get two different answers - both sounding authoritative. No clause number, no page reference, no legislation cited. A director who acts on a ChatGPT interpretation could face tribunal action with no documentation trail.
Free AI tools use your input to improve their models. Your lease, your questions, your building’s details - all become training data.
⚠️ Real risk: A director at a London block used ChatGPT to draft a letter to leaseholders about service charge obligations. ChatGPT read the lease clause but missed that Schedule 5 limited recoverable costs to specific categories - and had no idea that s.20BLTA 1985, s.20B. Costs must be demanded within 18 months of being incurred, or the landlord loses the right to recover them through the service charge. A written notification of costs within 18 months preserves the right to demand later. imposed an 18-month time limit. The letter cited provisions that didn’t exist in their lease. The leaseholders challenged it at tribunal - and the directors had to pay costs.
Real buildings in London using LEASE-iQ right now.
Cost allocation resolved in minutes. Clear audit trail for the service charge. A potential dispute turned into a transparent resolution.
Adam Street. Lead Director & Managing Agent
Check who pays for a leak in your building →A 5-minute solicitor email costs £30+VAT. This answer took 60 seconds and cost nothing on the free tier.
Carl Johnson. Director, Share of Freehold
Check your service charge →Upload your lease, ask any question, get a clause-cited answer with source verification you can check yourself.
Obligation breakdown with risk flags pulled directly from your lease
Every answer cites the exact clause. Click to see the original page from your lease.
Every answer includes the clause reference from your specific lease. Here are examples from real buildings.
Your lease (Clause 3.14) requires prior written consent from the freeholder for any structural alterations. Non-structural changes to the interior are permitted without consent.
Your lease (Clause 5.2) contains a ground rent review every 25 years. The doubling provision applies. However, under the Leasehold Reform Act, ground rents on new leases post-2022 are capped at peppercorn.
Your lease (Clause 4.8) permits subletting of the whole flat with prior written notice to the freeholder. Short-term holiday lets are prohibited under Clause 4.8(b).
Your lease (Schedule 5, Part II) defines recoverable costs: insurance, maintenance of common parts, lift servicing, and reasonable management fees. Legal fees for lease enforcement are recoverable under Clause 7.3.
The estimated cost per leaseholder exceeds £250. Section 20 consultation is required. LEASE-iQ can guide you through the three-stage process with template notices.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person is whoever has control of the premises. For your building, the lease (Clause 6.1) assigns this to the freeholder company - meaning the directors.
Most compliance questions start with 'what does the lease say?' Stop guessing. LEASE-iQ reads the lease and gives you the answer - with the clause reference you need for board minutes, leaseholder communications, and tribunal evidence.
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Every LEASE-iQ answer includes the specific clause reference. If challenged, you have documentation that shows you consulted the lease.
One question from a property solicitor costs £250-£500. LEASE-iQ gives you clause-cited answers from your actual lease.
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