To be clear the free holder owns the land under the building, and some of the building, usually the roof tiles, the external bricks and often is responsible for some of the common areas like hallways and stair wells though that may be subcontracted though a management company.

The leaseholders will have bought the flats from the freeholder, if the first purchaser, or more likely from a previous owner of the flat leasehold they 'own' the flat for 99 years if first owner or whatever the remaining lease duration if subsequent owner, and typically are responsible for everything inside the flat, and the floorboards inside the flat but not the joists and the plaster but not the walls that sort of thing...

There may then be a tenant in the flat who pays rent to the leaseholder (owner) of the flat. The leaseholders will get a bill each year from the freeholder for doing very little, and another  from the freeholder's management company for decorating and cleaning the common areas...

Mike.

To be clear the free holder owns the land under the building, and some of the building, usually the roof tiles, the external bricks and often is responsible for some of the common areas like hallways and stair wells though that may be subcontracted though a management company.

The leaseholders will have bought the flats from the freeholder, if the first purchaser, or more likely from a previous owner of the flat leasehold they 'own' the flat for 99 years if first owner or whatever the remaining lease duration if subsequent owner, and typically are responsible for everything inside the flat, and the floorboards inside the flat but not the joists and the plaster but not the walls that sort of thing...

There may then be a tenant in the flat who pays rent to the leaseholder (owner) of the flat. The leaseholders will get a bill each year from the freeholder for doing very little, and another  from the freeholder's management company for decorating and cleaning the common areas...

Mike.

Christ.  lol

Are there actually fuses in the main incoming white box at the bottom Mike.  This isn't the sort of set up i come across every day. I presume there must be as i can't see any anywhere else.  These are the only meters, none in the flat.  I thought i was going to have a nice cushy day today. I didn't even know it was a flat until i got there this morning  

Gary