Recently moved into a new estate, mix of apartments and houses. Everyone is being charged a management fee for the upkeep of the estate, block insurance and bins for the apartments etc. Management Co is to be handed over to the residents in the near future.
Anyway, I bought a house (freehold) with a "lease of easement" (I think that is the term) which gives me the right to use the roadways within the estate, i.e. to access my home from the main road.
Under the terms of this lease, there are a number of stipulations such as no appendages to the outside of the building, no clothes to be hung in sight of common areas, noise, animals etc. Now I understand that these terms also apply to the apartment owners but, importantly, refer to their leasehold interest in the apartment ('not simply a right of way' lease).
We have received a mailing from the management co agents "reminding" us of the terms of the lease and specifically, have informed us that all satelite dishes, tv ariels etc must be taken down by the end of the year or they will do it themselves (I'd like to see them try). While I have my own opinions on the matter, I would appreciate any comment anyone else has on the subject or if anyone has had a similar experience.