Set ground rent type on a sales property

1. Access property attributes

From sales property:

• In Attributes panel, click edit (pencil) icon

  

2. Ground rent type options

From property attributes:

• Click Charges tab

• The Ground Rent Type defaults as To Be Confirmed

  

• Click drop-down menu for options

  

3. When the ground rent amount is confirmed

Where applicable, enter the relevant amount in Ground Rent (per annum):

• Ground Rent Type will be automatically changed to Confirmed

  

4. When a peppercorn ground rent applies

When a peppercorn* rent amount is being charged:

• Enter the amount in Ground Rent (per annum)

• The Ground Rent Type will be automatically changed to Confirmed

• Change the Ground Rent Type to Peppercorn

  

5. When ground rent is not applicable

When ground rent is not applicable:

• Change the Ground Rent Type to Not Applicable

  

After changing the Ground Rent Type to Not Applicable:

• A prompt is displayed, click Yes

  

• Ground Rent (per annum) now displays as £0.00 and is also greyed out (plus type is Not Applicable)

  

1. Report on ground rent type

As ground rent type is entered on a sales property, it is reported on via a sales property report

From main menu:

• Click Reports then Power Reports and select report type of Property Report for Sales

• Click Show Property Criteria and then click Show more

  

• Select Ground Rent Type criteria option

  

• Select required type to report on

  

2. Add ground rent type information in property report grids

After running a property report, from the report results grid:

• Right-click over the column headings, click Pick columns and select More

• Tick Ground Rent Type and click Accept

  

• The new Ground Rent Type column is added to the far right side of the grid - click and drag the column heading to the desired position
  If the field is blank this means that the type is at the default setting of To Be Confirmed

• Right-click over the column headings again and click Save grid layout
  If you have already saved the report criteria - to save to the default property report grid, select Save as default layout or, to save the grid just for this report, select Save grid to report

• The column will show when using this type of grid again - grid functions can be used to sort, group or filter the list

  • To sort the list, click the column heading

  • To group or filter the list, click to the right of the column heading to view filter icon and choose to Group by Ground Rent Type or select the type to filter by