Section 5: Houses

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 · 2024 c. 22View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Leasehold houses

A "house" is a separate set of premises (on one or more floors) which—

forms the whole, or part, of a building, and
is constructed or adapted for use for the purposes of a dwelling.

But where the separate set of premises forms part of a building, it is not a house if the whole of or a material part of the set of premises lies above or below some other part of the building.

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