ABOUT THE LEASE TRANSLATOR
We make residential lease wording easier to understand.
The Lease Translator Ltd converts complex residential lease documents into clear, structured information for leaseholders, buyers and property professionals.
We work from the wording supplied, explain it in plain English and identify where responsibilities, costs, restrictions and document dependencies appear in the lease.
Leases were written for legal effect, not everyday understanding.
Residential leases control how a home is used, managed, repaired, insured and paid for. Yet the important information is often spread across clauses, schedules, definitions, plans and other documents that are difficult to follow.
The Lease Translator was created to make lease wording easier to navigate. We organise the wording into clear, structured outputs so people can see what the document actually says.
Built from Real Leasehold Experience
The Lease Translator was built from decades of hands-on residential property experience across block management, regulated housing, estate operations, service charge governance, major works and building safety.
That experience shapes how we read leases. We do not treat them as abstract legal documents. We focus on how the wording affects buildings, budgets, responsibilities, resident communication and operational teams.
Our reports are designed to be clear, structured and practical, while remaining factual, neutral and wording-led.
Residential Management
Experience across leasehold homes, estate operations, service charge budgets, repairs, contractors and resident communication.
Complex Estates
Work involving multi-building estates, phased developments, shared infrastructure, mixed responsibilities and operational handover.
Building Safety & Major Works
Experience with project governance, building safety workflows, resident communication and lease-based cost questions.
Lease-Led Operations
A practical understanding of how lease wording affects day-to-day management, internal teams and resident-facing explanations.
Jenna Thompson
Co-Founder
Lisa Park
Co-Founder
Our Approach
Each report is wording-led, clause-linked and structured to preserve the lease context.
01
Read the document set
We review the lease, schedules, definitions, prescribed clauses and any supplied supporting documents.
02
Extract the operative wording
We identify clauses affecting responsibilities, costs, restrictions, approvals, repairs, insurance and management.
03
Structure the information
We organise the wording into clear sections, matrices and plain-English explanations.
04
Flag uncertainty
Where wording is unclear, missing, contradictory or dependent on other documents, we identify this neutrally.