In Scotland Leasehold is not a term used in housing.
The house owner either owns the land OR the land is a Feu.
A Feu is a ground rent and the householder pays it typically annually.
The Feu is 999 years so no real issues.
I bought my house the Feu was £25 every 6 months - I paid a one off payment in 1988 and no longer pay anything. If a house is still paying the Feu it will be redeemed when the house is sold on.
When I was a boy the Feu-duty was £1 on an 1896 house - a bill for £1 would come in from a local solicitor for everyone in the street - 100 or so houses - £100 would be about 3+ months take home pay for a teacher in 1960. The feu holder had thousands of feus in my town and surrounding area.
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