Leasehold first-time buyers: 'We're trapped in our own house'
Ashleigh Wilson lives in a house she bought in 2015 in LiverpoolAshleigh Wilson, who's 27, thought she'd achieved that dream when she bought a place in Knowsley, Liverpool, four years ago.Four years on, she's in a home no-one will buy because of the strict rules on her lease - which charge her fees and stop her changing her floor tiles.
David O'Leary from the group told us:"By and large, leases are fair and reasonable and have ground rents that don't affect a property's value." He thinks first-time buyers are being conned:"Developers say 'flats to buy', but actually you cannot buy it, you are only buying a lease."
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