Flaxseed, I imagine that you will have to enter into a covenant with the management company to comply with the terms of the car port lease and pay service charges for things on the estate which the management company looks after at the expense of the residents (private roads, play areas, that sort of thing). Without this mechanism man. cos. can’t enforce payment of service charges. Then the man. co. gives a certificate that you have done that, and that the ground rent for the car port and your property’s share of the service charge are paid up to date. Without that your purchase can’t be registered at the Land Registry. It works for the benefit of everyone on the estate. Man. cos. charge for these things and that should be paid by the sellers. Some charge quite a lot and that will be an extra expense when you sell. Man. cos. come in all shades of good, bad and downright awful. Some are run by the residents, who all own a share in them, and in those cases the certificate I referred to would include confirmation that the sellers’ share had been transferred to the buyers. Man cos controlled by the developer and in which the residents don’t have shares are the ones which can be unsatisfactory so do make sure your solicitor explains who controls the man co, what any service charge you have to pay covers, if it’s fairly shared across the estate (e.g. you aren’t contributing to the maintenance and insurance of a block of flats on the estate, only to things you benefit from), that the man co’s accounts are up to date and don’t reveal shortfalls you might be required to contribute to, and that the residents aren’t in dispute with the man co about anything. Your solicitor should also explain the insurance arrangements for the car port and the house above. This may require the title to the house above to be checked. As you can imagine, a fire in the car port could damage the house above and a fire in the house could damage the carport and whatever is in it at the time. Your car insurer would also need to know this isn’t a standard car port, to ensure your insurance isn’t invalidated. Sorry this is not the straightforward situation you probably expected when you found the house. It’s not unusual on modern developments though. I hope all goes well.