Dear prospective homeowner. So... you're excited about a home you like, you've finally hit the big time, and managed to secure a very nice, cosy property for your family.. your troubles are over, or are they? Welcome to the world of UK Property Law, a veritable minefield where the instant you go for a nice lane walk from your new home, tramping on an anti-personnel explosive device would just ruin your whole day. That is what you have to deal with here with individual such as Firstport. They take advantage of your eager purchase and lock you into some purely dreadful contractual pay obligations. Builders develop a portion of land through an S106 agreement with a local authority and highways. When complete, both freehold & leaseholders will in their deed of sale be liable for, rightfully, a service / rent / estate / management charge along with their usual mortgage / rent, both. What happens is an exploitation using a loophole in UK property law. From the sale you'll hear that the Local authority and highways WILL adopt the commonland and highways "at some point" .. you're not advised, even by unwitting property solicitors, to carefully consider these vague statements. A read over the S106 agreement also doesn't provide security because: "hey, things change, deal with it." What's usually deliberately omitted from agent sales pitch & legal letters is this important piece of information. You sign your deed and they, companies such as Chamonix and Firstport (now amalgamated into just one terrifying monster rather than two) ALWAYS attach to your sales deed a Part Title at HM Land Registry. They own part of your freehold! This is NO LONGER a freehold by definition. By they won't tell you that, until it's too late. When people act like this, you know what to expect, what is coming. You'll do well not to trust them, but it's too late. The local and highways authority seldom adopt and you're stuck paying indefinitely into a contract you cannot get out of. As such, the law protects these individuals through it's feudal obsolence. It's not been updated. Read about it. If you attempt to defend or not pay, for almost certain no services and mismanagement, because Firstport and others similar do not keep to their contractual agreements, (they don't have to, they're protected remember), they simply win tribunal cases through default and if they lose, appeal to Supreme Court which guarantees to protect them there. It is called FLEECEHOLD. There is a national movement gathering against this misconduct and extortion in the defence of FLEECEHOLDERS for UK Property Law reform and redress from developers and companies such as Firstport, but GOV.UK for 4-6 years have dragged their feet. Research Homeownersrights on Facebook.. the HorNet Group. Hornets at homeownersrights dot net.. the public need to be made aware. Fleeceholders have regularly, repeatedly submitted their cases to GBNEWS, Andrew Marr, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh and Best, our local MP's, The Guardian, The Competition and Markets Authority.. and Rip-Off Britain. Some listen, CMA, GOV.UK, HOUSE OF LORDS, ANDREW MARR.. others don't, BBC , RIP-OFF BRITAIN et al. Dear consumer, I hope the humble attempt at humour kept you reading, but this is with all intent and purpose a very real sober warning. Be very careful. Avoid companies like Firstport, they're crafty and pure evil. When you buy, before you do, INSIST from solicitors and builders alike, THAT THE LOCAL AND HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY WILL ADOPT THE ENTIRE ESTATE COMMONLAND AND HIGHWAYS, WITH A FIXED DATE WHEN THIS TAKES PLACE. If you don't receive this, WALK AWAY & DO NOT BUY. If you don't believe, ask fleeceholders & research.