Questions and Answers: Alfreton Lease Extensions

  • I bought a flat in Alfreton with a leasehold unexpired just under 68 years and need to extend it. Please can you advise me of the next steps
  • I am looking for a in Alfreton and they need to be on the Santander approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and refinance at the same time. Can you recommend a ?
  • The intention is to sell our garden flat in Alfreton but we may need to extend the lease, or at least cover the costs of our purchaser. Can you recommend someone to help us?
  • In 2010 I purchased a leasehold flat in Alfreton. I have built a large extension and have not informed the freeholder. What are my options?
  • I am a freeholder of a block of flats in Alfreton, and the tenants are in the process of being issued lease extensions. I should hopefully get funds within a month or so. As I am not on self assessment do I contact the tax man ?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • My friend is concerned about getting a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Notwithstanding that the legal procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the freeholder still tried to charge ground rent of £250 doubling every twenty years of the new lease. Can you help?
  • My colleague knows that others in the same block previously had a lease extension, and the freeholder was amenable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal valuation and base the initial offer on on the premiums paid by others . This would save on double valuation fees. Would you suggest this course of action?
  • We currently own a maisonette in Alfreton and are looking to sell it this year so we can carry out some improvements on our family home. I checked the lease and it has 54 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 13k plus to get a lease extension. Do you have some advice on this? Do I contact the freeholder first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my garden flat in Alfreton
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