2 Meaning of “house” and “house and premises”, and adjustment of boundary
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (1967 c 88) | Legislation

2  Meaning of “house” and “house and premises”, and adjustment of boundary

(1)     For purposes of this Part of this Act, “house” includes any building designed or adapted for living in and reasonably so called, notwithstanding that the building is not structurally detached, or was or is not solely designed or adapted for living in, or is divided horizontally into flats or maisonettes; and—

(a)     where a building is divided horizontally, the flats or other units into which it is so divided are not separate “houses”, though the building as a whole may be; and

(b)     where a building is divided vertically the building as a whole is not a “house” though any of the units into which it is divided may be.

(2)     References in this Part of this Act to a house do not apply to a house which is not structurally detached and of which a material part lies above or below a part of the structure not comprised in the house.

(3)     Subject to the following provisions of this section, where in relation to a house let to . . . a tenant reference is made in this Part of

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