Here is a warning to everyone in the UK just in case you didn’t already know. Rent a property rather than being a leaseholder/owner. It might “seem” to be a better deal to “own” your place rather than simply throwing the rental money away every month – but it isn’t!! Everything is loaded against the leaseholder in the freeholder’s favour and you will end up paying a LOT more per year “owning” your property rather than renting it. You have been warned.