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Re:Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month? by mattbee on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:35PM (#28322414)
Usually 99 years? I bought a new leasehold in 2004 with a 999 year term, and I don't think that's unusual now. The government announced plans in January that leaseholders will have the right to renew leases for a standard term of 990 years, as well as capping ground rent. So I hope the worst abuses of UK leasehold are on their way out.
Re:Ask HN: Where can I live off 1k USD per month? by agent008t on Friday August 27, 2021 @05:37AM (#28325835)
A 999 year term sounds like a long time, but time flies; before you know it, 980 years would have passed, and you would be wondering why you didn't buy a freehold instead...