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1. If the maintenance covenant does not specify what portion of the garden is your responsibility then unfortunately it would be a shared responsibility and it wouldn’t limit you to just your entrance. If the other person is sensible though you could agree on who does what based on use, it shouldn’t be difficult if it’s clear you use no more than the entrance.
2. His garden is the ground and not the structure of your building. Your 4 walls are yours and unless the lease prohibits you from painting certain colours then you can paint and it is not their responsibility.
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Thank you for your message, If the lease does not state a requirement to use only certain colours then you do not need to get permission. You may just to be courteous.
Hi thank you very much for the attachments, I can only see a couple of lines on each attachment though. Review of formal/legal documents does attract the small fee for premium service for review and advice and once that is accepted I believe I should be able to access the lease and read it in full and to advise you accordingly.
Thank you for your patience. the agreements will normally state which will take precedence in the case of a conflict. However from the specific situation that you have stated the truth under trust law is you can be joint freeholders and joint leaseholders. How practically you can make management of the leaseholds work in this situation is not so straightforward. One of you would not be able to take legal action against the other in the capacity of landlord because as joint freeholders and joint landlords you would need to both pursue. From a practical point of view and without going into the complexities of trust law you are a lessee to yourself and the other joint freeholder/landlord