You can have a house freehold or leasehold in the UK
Freehold you dont pay ground rent although if the government wants to build a road through it you are pretty much fucked
All the land in the UK is owned by the Queen and they will make you a compulsory purchase order
Also, anyone dies without a will and no relatives the property goes to the state
You think they may do the decent thing and maybe give the property to homeless veterans or such like, no, they go to auction to the highest bidder