freeholder

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It includes capping ground rents - an annual fee leaseholders must pay to their freeholder - at £250 a year.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

As the law currently stands, the freeholder of a property generally owns the building and the land beneath it, outright and forever.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

When the case started in April this year, the judge said he had received a letter informing him that the freeholder, Magnitude Developments Ltd, had commenced liquidation proceedings.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Their barrister argued that although Magnitude was the legal freeholder, Mr Raza had exercised significant financial control.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Cook your breakfast there, and—well, after that you're a sort of tolerated freeholder.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver