Leasehold & FreeholdWhat you actually own in each case, and the traps in leasehold.MoneyFreeholdYou own the building and thelandNo ground rentNo service chargeYou maintain everythingStandard for housesLeaseholdYou own the right to occupy, fora termGround rent and service chargeFreeholder controls major worksLease length matters enormouslyStandard for flatsTHE DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERSBelow 80 years remaining, extension costs rise sharply because'marriage value' becomes payable. It is a cliff edge.General education. Commonhold and share-of-freehold are alternativesworth asking about for flats.Leasehold & Freeholdlearnposters.com
Leasehold & Freehold — printable money wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Leasehold & Freehold poster

Freehold against Leasehold, side by side.

General education. Commonhold and share-of-freehold are alternatives worth asking about for flats.

Questions about the Leasehold & Freehold poster

What’s on the Leasehold & Freehold poster?
Freehold against Leasehold, side by side. Freehold: You own the building and the land; Freehold: No ground rent; Freehold: No service charge; Freehold: You maintain everything; Freehold: Standard for houses; Leasehold: You own the right to occupy, for a term; Leasehold: Ground rent and service charge; Leasehold: Freeholder controls major works; Leasehold: Lease length matters enormously; Leasehold: Standard for flats; Below 80 years remaining, extension costs rise sharply because 'marriage value' becom…. General education. Commonhold and share-of-freehold are alternatives worth asking about for flats.
Who is the Leasehold & Freehold poster for?
Leasehold & Freehold belongs to the Money section rather than to a school year, because money is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning property can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Leasehold & Freehold poster?
Check the remaining lease length before anything else. Below 80 years it becomes expensive to extend. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Leasehold & Freehold belongs on the wall where that money work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Leasehold & Freehold?
Buying vs Renting, The Cost of Buying and Energy Efficiency sit alongside Leasehold & Freehold in the Money section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Buying vs RentingThe Cost of BuyingEnergy Efficiency
Is the Leasehold & Freehold poster free to download and print?
Yes. Leasehold & Freehold downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Money section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Leasehold & Freehold poster print at?
Leasehold & Freehold is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Leasehold & Freehold loses nothing.Printing guide

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