{"id":63860,"date":"2017-08-17T01:04:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T18:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/leaseholding-as-the-utopian-alternative-letters\/"},"modified":"2017-08-17T01:09:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T18:09:33","slug":"leaseholding-as-the-utopian-alternative-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/leaseholding-as-the-utopian-alternative-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaseholding as the utopian alternative | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCohousing schemes save up their ground rents for improvements and for emergencies, writes Jane BlackburnI write in support of Stephen Hill\u2019s letter (It\u2019s not leaseholds that are the problem, 4 August). Leasehold tenure is the choice of many utopian communities, from the garden cities of the early 20th century to the cohousing schemes now emerging in Britain.At Cannock Mill Cohousing Colchester, we have taken matters into our own hands to get the retirement lifestyle we want \u2013 because there isn\u2019t enough choice in today\u2019s property market for people retiring. We are developing a spacious site so that we can downsize to something appealing for our later years, which we intend to manage ourselves. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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