Terms of use

Short, because there is not much here yet. This site is a preview of a product that has not launched, plus some guides. These terms cover both.

Who runs this site

This site is run by Michael Barrows, a sole trader in the United Kingdom, trading as Openhold. Contact: privacy@openhold.co.uk.

The guides are information, not advice

Our guides explain how parts of English and Welsh leasehold law generally work. They are general information only.

We write these carefully and we correct them when we are wrong. But we cannot accept liability for anything you do, or do not do, in reliance on them. If a decision matters, take proper advice on your own facts. Nothing here excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

The early access list

Joining the list is not a contract, a purchase, or a reservation. It means we will email you when Openhold opens to its first buildings. Openhold is in development, and nothing on this site is a promise that a particular feature will exist, or that the product will launch at all. You can leave the list at any time.

Our content

The words, design and code on this site belong to Michael Barrows. You are welcome to read them, quote them with a link back, and share them. You may not republish them as your own.

Where we reproduce or summarise legislation, that material is Crown copyright and reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Links out

We link to LEASE, legislation.gov.uk, and others because they are useful. We do not control them and we are not responsible for what they say.

Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.

Last updated 12 July 2026.