Whether an ‘improvement’ really improves the property is considered from the point of view of the tenant alone, so that work may constitute an improvement although it does not increase the value of the property at all or even reduces it.
Citations:
[1931] 2 Ch 325
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – John Lyon’s Charity v Shalson HL 12-Jun-2003
Work had been carried out by the leaseholders first to convert the property to multiple occupation, and subsequently back to single occupation. The tenant on exercising his right to purchase the freehold, claimed the cost shoud be reduced by the . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 07 June 2022; Ref: scu.183558