Legal & tax

A peppercorn rent is a nominal ground rent with no real financial value — effectively zero. Since the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022, most new residential leases in England and Wales must have a peppercorn ground rent.

A maisonette is a flat with its own front door, usually over two floors or one half of a converted house. It is normally sold as a leasehold or share of freehold, and buyers' lenders look closely at the lease, roof responsibility and garden rights.

The ID1 form is the HM Land Registry identity evidence form used when someone isn't represented by a conveyancer, or when a conveyancer can't verify a person's identity. It must be certified by a solicitor or conveyancer who has seen you in person.

Under 80 years left? Here is what marriage value does to your price, what an extension costs, and when selling to a cash buyer makes more sense.

The internet is full of stamp duty loophole claims. Here is what HMRC actually accepts in 2026 — legitimate reliefs, multiple-dwellings claims, mixed-use rates, and the schemes that will get you a bill three years later.

Rates, allowances, PRR, letting relief and the 60-day reporting deadline every UK landlord needs to know.