For the purposes of the Act, the original construction of a house could not to be considered as ‘any improvement’, which could be disregarded when calculating the amount payable by enfranchising tenants for the transfer of the freehold. The definition made it clear that premises could not exist apart from a house, and therefore a new house built on the site was not the improvement a house, but the provision of one. This interpretation accorded with the clear purpose of the amendments to the Act.
Citations:
Times 13-Dec-2000, Gazette 08-Feb-2001, [2000] EWCA Civ 298
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England and Wales
Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 31 May 2022; Ref: scu.147331
