Recently asked questions relating to Barbican Lease Extensions

  • 20,000 agreed with the landlord, just trying to find a Barbican lawyers for a lease extension. Our flat has approximately seventy nine yrsleft. Are you able to help us with this situation ?
  • I need to negotiate a lease extension for a flat in Barbican and want to use a local property lawyers. Are you able to help me find a conveyancers?
  • My co-lessees and I are in a block comprising four flats in Barbican and have been offered to buy the freehold for 7k per flat rather than go for lease extensions. We are all in agreement that we want to do this but how do we get started and what is the likely cost?
  • I would like to know how much it would charges and the best way to get a lease extension started? I have just under 75 years outstanding and I own a 2 bed flat in Barbican.
  • I have my suspicions that my niece might have had the wool pulled over her eyes. She put in an offer on a ground floor flat in Barbican, where the lease is around sixety eight years but she was informed by the estate agents that the flat owner had extended it to 99 years. Only now has she been told the current owner was holding off for her to appoint solicitors prior to commencing with the lease extension. Seems underhand, also it will take months to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • We are considering buying a garden flat in Barbican which is a leasehold. I am wanting to weigh up the pros and cons of that - what occurs when lease expires, how much it costs to extend it, can the freeholder of the property evict me from my own flat and block me from extending the lease?
  • Offer accepted on a a 2 bed flat in Barbican, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease was in excess of 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer sent through which states the lease as 82 years.We are soon to exchange contracts within a week. My question is Have the estate agents breached any law by misrepresenting the position concerning the lease term?
  • Me and my husband would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Barbican. Is this something you can help us with?
  • Coming up to two years that I have owned my studio flat in Barbican. I have seventy three years outstanding on the lease. I am now wanting to buy a share of freehold or extend my lease. I purchased the property for 350K, it is now roughly 425k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my property lawyers about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: What can I expect in terms of legal charges for a lease extension? Are they usually fixed or tend to increase over time (i.e. if the process goes to LVT)?
  • I am currently in the process of remortgaging my garden flat in Barbican and the bank that I am looking to switch to requires a minimum 80 years on the leasehold of my property in order for them to take the mortgage forward. We currently have around seventy one years on the leasehold so require some advice, guidance, and some quotes to start the lease extension process
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