having had a share of freehold in the past, it's no magic bullet either. If everyone who buys the share is of similar mindset, it's great But what tends to happen is people buy and sell, new people inherit the share and have different ideas - "I live on the ground floor, why would I want to pay for sprucing up shared hallways upstairs" etc IN another thread, Londonmix and others have said that the UK, London especially, needs to get used to the more globally common idea of flats/condos/shared living. And I sort of agree with that - but culturally it's going to be a freaking nightmare as people don't seem very collaborative minded