Angel Lease Extensions

Top Ten Questions relating to Angel Lease Extensions

I am fairly sure that our has advised us incorrectly concerning a lease extension and I would like to find out how to go about making a formal complaint

I'm wanting to make an offer on a house in Angel but I'm concerned about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Leeds Building Society giving us the mortgage now?

I own a maisonnette together with the freehold. My upstairs neighbours have asked for a lease extension what do I need to do?

I bought a one bed flat in Angel. The start date for the lease was in 1998 for 99 years. Now I am looking to extend the lease. I am uncertain about further expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?

The terms for the lease on my flat in Angel are 95 years from 15 Jan 1980. Can you give me a quote for a lease extension if I give you more specifics please?

I am looking into the costs of carrying out a lease extension for my one bedroom apartment in Angel, and would like some figures on that.

My father has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Angel. House converted into three apartments. He has a lease, which has about 74 yrs left. How much would it cost for a lease extension and how many years would he need to extend by?

We are are hoping to complete on a maisonette in Angel which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was on the short side so the vendor is in the process of dealing with a lease extension. The owner has submitted the lease extension paperwork which will result in the registration of a new lease at the land registry. An essential part of the conveyancing process is for our to do OS1 search on the lease. The problem here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our it may not be possible to do this "priority search" right now as the new lease title number is not known. Is it correct that we have to be patient pending registration of the new lease?

We are worried about obtaining a lease extension from tricky freeholder. Even though the correct procedures were adhered to under the 1993 Act, the freeholder still attempted to charge ground rent of £300 increasing by 100% every twenty five years of the new lease. Can you assist?

My wife and I are aware that others in the same building had already had a lease extension, and the landlord was reasonable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal valuation and base the initial offer on previous prices . This would save on double valuation charges. Is this advisable?

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