Coppen Estates In The News

[SheffieldForum]

Coppen Estates have been the subject of many threads and posts in the property section of this website.

 

Now, The Tribune have done a quick story on them, following complaints by local MP Clive Betts

 

Here’s a snippet:

 

”Who are Coppen Estates? Coppen Estates owns a significant number of freeholds, including on the Flockton Estate in Woodhouse, which is in Clive Betts MP’s Sheffield South East constituency. Up until 2022, leaseholders were expected to pay an annual charge of just £9 — but things have changed. 

 

• Coppen bought the freeholds on the estate from bodies like the National Coal Board, without leaseholders’ knowledge, and have added a number of curious additional charges on top of the usual ground rent payment. 
• Some of these charges are described as fees for administrative tasks, such as “checking insurance documents,” a job the company requests £45 for each time.
• In 2023, Coppen’s two directors received remuneration of £370,000.
   

“No response: Coppen, whose address is on Hickmott Road in Sharrow Vale, has been involved in litigation from leaseholders elsewhere, most notably in Thurcroft near Rotherham. There, leaseholders accused the company of acting “like the Mafia” after their fees rose from £10 to £2,450 in just one year. North East Derbyshire MP Lee Rowley has also been acting for some of his constituents who have been hit with charges. Since the leaseholders’ case was taken up by Betts’ office, Coppen have completely refused to engage, not answering emails or recorded delivery letters. When The Tribune visited Coppen’s office on Monday, they claimed they have never received any correspondence from the MP.”

Read the full thing at The Tribune.

 

See previous threads on Coppen Estates here:

 

 

 

[peak4]

Yes they are a nightmare.
I was genuinely concerned about losing my house sale in Crookes because of their shenanigans.
Nether Edge Law seem to be specialists in this area, but were unable to assist me due to timescales, through no fault of their own.

[geared]

Yes the best and only advice is to get rid of them as soon as you are legally entitled to.  Waiting till house sale time is asking for trouble, they are under no obligation to act swiftly to assist in your sale.

 

They are notorious for extremely poor communication as well as making everything as lengthy and needlessly time consuming as possible.

 

Nether Edge law have the process for purchasing the freehold reversion down to a T, get them on the case.  Don't attempt to contact Coppen yourself, you are wasting your time.

Edited April 16 by geared

[Jeffrey Shaw]

Thank you for plaudits.

 

I agree that there's absolutely no point in contacting Coppen- and its associate PAS Property Services Ltd- by post (with or without an SAE) or telephone or an attempted visit to its premises. Rely only on using statutory rights as explained at inordinate length on the PROPERTY forum [which seems to have vanished!]

 

Jeffrey Shaw, Solicitor and Sole Principal

Nether Edge Law, PO Box 3439, Sheffield S11 8NH

Telephone/fax: 0114-268 7638 or 0845-108 0109

E-mail: jss@netheredgelaw.co.uk

[SheffieldForum]

3 minutes ago, Jeffrey Shaw said:

Thank you for plaudits.

 

I agree that there's absolutely no point in contacting Coppen- and its associate PAS Property Services Ltd- by post (with or without an SAE) or telephone or an attempted visit to its premises. Rely only on using statutory rights as explained at inordinate length on the PROPERTY forum [which seems to have vanished!]

 

Jeffrey Shaw, Solicitor and Sole Principal

Nether Edge Law, PO Box 3439, Sheffield S11 8NH

Telephone/fax: 0114-268 7638 or 0845-108 0109

E-mail: jss@netheredgelaw.co.uk

The property forum is still here:

 

https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/forum/4-sheffield-property-amp-housing/

[geared]

Aye took me a sec, but the property section just got moved slightly.

 

It's a good section, helps alot of people with the info it contains.

[redruby]

21 hours ago, geared said:

Aye took me a sec, but the property section just got moved slightly.

 

It's a good section, helps alot of people with the info it contains.

It has been really useful.  It’s not a section that people will post on constantly of course but it has a lot of valuable information.  So I’m pleased it’s still there as I believe there were plans to remove it.  I don’t think hiding it away was a good move though.  Until I saw this thread, I thought it had been removed.

[Jeffrey Shaw]

On 17/04/2024 at 17:13, SheffieldForum said:

The property forum is still here:

 

https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/forum/4-sheffield-property-amp-housing/

Thank you. Maybe this thread should be moved over there?

[Jeffrey Shaw]

On 16/04/2024 at 10:31, geared said:

Yes the best and only advice is to get rid of them as soon as you are legally entitled to.

 

This means that the tenant T (= leaseholder) must have owned the leasehold of the house or flat for at least two years, the point at which statutory rights arise.

However:

a. the two years period begins from when HMLR made a preliminary note of T's acquisition- well before registration of title, but often a week or two later than the date on which the acquisition (purchase etc.) was completed; and

b. there is no 'two-year' qualifying period for a group of Ts collectively acquiring the freehold reversion to their block of leasehold flats.

 

 

Jeffrey Shaw, Solicitor and Sole Principal

Nether Edge Law, PO Box 3439, Sheffield S11 8NH

Telephone: 0114-268 7638 or 0845-108 0109

Fax: 0114-268 7718

E-mail: jss@netheredgelaw.co.uk

Edited April 28 by Jeffrey Shaw