---
title: "Improvements — UK Leasehold Glossary"
url: https://manage.management/glossary/improvements
description: "Works that enhance a property beyond simple repairs (e.g., adding a new porch)."
category: "Lease Terms & Covenants"
publisher: Manage.Management
language: en-GB
---

# Improvements

Works that enhance a property beyond simple repairs (e.g., adding a new porch).

## Related Lease Terms & Covenants Terms

- [Term](https://manage.management/glossary/term): The length of time a lease is granted for.
- [Ground Rent](https://manage.management/glossary/ground-rent): An annual rent paid by the leaseholder to the freeholder as required by the lease. (Note: This has been abolished for most new leases).
- [Covenant](https://manage.management/glossary/covenant): A rule or promise within a lease that a party must abide by. A Breach of Covenant is the failure to do so.
- [Break Clause](https://manage.management/glossary/break-clause): A term in a contract that allows either the landlord or tenant to end it early under specified conditions.
- [Consent](https://manage.management/glossary/consent): Formal permission from the landlord, often required before a leaseholder can make alterations or sublet the property.
- [Deed of Variation](https://manage.management/glossary/deed-of-variation): A formal legal document used to make a permanent change to the terms of an existing lease.
- [Repairs](https://manage.management/glossary/repairs): Work done to maintain or restore the property to its previous condition.
- [Subletting](https://manage.management/glossary/subletting): When a leaseholder rents out their property to another person (a sub-tenant).

[All 155 UK leasehold glossary terms](https://manage.management/glossary)