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30 September 2010
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Book review: Leasehold Enfranchisement Explained

The foreword to Leasehold Enfranchisement Explained observes that leasehold enfranchisement is a challenge for old hands and newcomers alike.

Leasehold Enfranchisement Explained
Author: Ellodie Gibbons, James Wilson,
consulting editor: professor James Driscoll
Publisher: RICS Books, May 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1842195840  Price: £49.95

The foreword to Leasehold Enfranchisement Explained observes that leasehold enfranchisement is a challenge for old hands and newcomers alike. That can be applied equally to most leasehold enfranchisement textbooks. As is obvious from Ellodie Gibbons and James Wilson’s ambitious title, they aim to provide a practical, easily digestible guide, written in plain language and on the whole they succeed.

Valuation issues

The book is set out in a coherent manner. It begins with a potted history of the law of leasehold enfranchisement. It then turns to flats (new leases and collective enfranchisement) and houses (acquiring the freehold and extending the lease). Each section begins with Ms Gibbons explaining the law and then Mr Wilson turns to valuation issues.

The principles enunciated are also brought to life by over 30 worked valuation examples. Indeed,

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