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Offline DelBoy

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Lease age
« on: Monday 28 July 14 09:27 BST (UK) »
Hello,

Can anyone advise at  what age someone was able to take over or hold a property lease c1810? area of  Newtown limavady.



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Re: Lease age
« Reply #1 on: Monday 28 July 14 09:30 BST (UK) »
Probably 21 which was the age at which you became an adult.
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Re: Lease age
« Reply #2 on: Monday 28 July 14 20:49 BST (UK) »
I've come across several instances where a lease has come up for renewal when the leaseholder had died while his heir was still a minor. In these cases trustees renewed the lease "in trust for (minor child)". So you could be the beneficial owner of leasehold property even if you were not of full age.

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Re: Lease age
« Reply #3 on: Monday 28 July 14 22:56 BST (UK) »
Indeed I've seen one where father died and the eldest son, age 8, took over the lease...
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