A flying freehold occurs when part of a freehold property overhangs part of a different freehold property or land and is usually formed when a property is split into two or more freeholds.
That part of a freehold property that is built above land that is not part of the property freehold. An example is a room built over a common access passageway.
A term used to describe that part of a freehold property which is built above land which is not part of the property freehold, e.g. a bedroom built over a common access passageway.
A part of freehold property which lies directly over land belonging to someone else and which gains structural benefit from doing so, eg. where part of a house is built over next door's garage.
a freehold above another property, so called because it relies on positive covenants of support from the owner of the property below
If at least a part of one property is built on top of part of another property (and the upper property owner does not own the whole building or land underneath the "flying" part) and the legal structure of the block is not leasehold, then a flying freehold will arise. This can prove to be a problem.
A flying freehold is formed when part of a freehold property overhangs a different freehold property or land.
