i am a business of 25 years in the property i occupy.... i

Hi AJ ,thanks for your reply...in answer to your question,I received a letter dated 8 february from my landlords solicitor stating they had served a notice to myself on the 23 January , we have not received this notice.

It states possession proceedings for recovery of the premises will proceed without further correspondence to me.

Along with this letter was a copy of a Rent Demand Notice....

COMMONHOLD AND LEASEHOLD REFORM ACT 2002 SECTION 66

commonhold and long leaseholders of rent due

Dated 23rd January 2013

this we have not received previous....also in the same post another letter of the same 8 feb.. in this letter it states that they have been instructed to commence court proceedings for the possession of the premises.....However their client would be prepared to consider an agreed date for me to vacate the premises with an agreement to address the rent arrears on a stage payment basis.

My landlord runs a bed and breakfast business from the next building to me ...usually the landlord would pop in to collect the rent weekly with his card transaction machine and we pay with the business credit card...

it was one of the longest christmas holidays we have had because of how the weekends fell ...its not unusual for him not to turn up we assumed he was off skiing or something....then he never came back at all ... i have until tuesday to address this could you get back to me if you require more info ...thanks Catherine x

They used to be seperate ..but when i said i was looking to buy a house she then changed the lease so they came together,,,if i didnt renew the lease on both i would not be allowed another lease .

Years have passed now and my business is well known in the north east we are very well established and moving would be catastrophic....

when she wouldnt let me occupy the shop without the flat i asked if i could buy the property.... we had it valued and the valuer told her i should have a reduction of 20.000 off the asking price for all the improvements that ive made...of course she refused ...

She has been in spain living and returned last year and wants now to live in the flat...

Could you tell me??......if my lease was due for renewal given the length of time ive occupied the premises how much notice could i expect ?? ..................Catherine x

she wanted only the flat initially...but i rang her solicitor and he told me the lease states they come as a unit....she did this so i couldnt have one without the other....i owe rent from december ... purely because they didnt come for it ...they are based in the next building....i thought they off skiing or something ....her solicitor said he served a notice in january but we did not receive it . Idont know if i should accept her offer or just pay the rent ???? if you could read what i sent aj i would appreciate it...and if you can instruct me to where to leave a positive rating i will ...its not very clear ................................ catherine

what is the definition of a long leaseholder??.... ive had a lease with my landlord which is renewed every five years...it runs out in 2014 march........ i feel she has deliberately not collected the rent to put me in arrears .. catherine