Court of Appeal Rules a Block of Flats is Not a House

The Court of Appeal in Magnohard v Cadogan has decided that it is not reasonable to call a block of flats a house for the purposes of enfranchising the building under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 Act. The case concerned a building in Chelsea which was constructed in 1888. Had the leaseholder succeeded, they could have forced the landlord to sell the freehold to the building to them.