Questions and Answers: Barnsley Lease Extensions

  • My name´s Felix. I’m flat hunting in Barnsley I'm considering offering on a one bedroom apartment online, with roughly sixety years outstanding, how much will it likely cost to extend in this location by, say, thirty years?
  • I want to buy a leasehold property and extend the lease. The current owner has been there for four years and will sign the notice. He will let me have the notice on exchange and then I will serve it in the landlord. Is this OK ?
  • We have seen a house for sale for £195k and we are very keen on but we've just discovered that it is leasehold. There are 928 years balance left so a lease extension is not required. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this true? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for twenty years without the house being ours. Any information would be much appreciated.
  • This flat I have in mind requires only ground rent. Long lease so no lease extension required. I have asked the estate agents as to what happens to building insurance and responsibility for communal areas and if one of the two flats which make up the property wants to make alterations.They said they did not know. I cannot see how one could get buildings insurance for the whole building shared with another flat, either downstairs or upstairs. I do need to clarify things like this before I undertake all the expenses involved in purchasing a property I feel. Do freeholders actually supply their own insurance?
  • I would like to know how much it would expense and the optimum way to get a lease extension started? I have just under 67 years unexpired lease and I own a garden flat in Barnsley.
  • Regarding a residence in Barnsley. lower maisonette. seventy one yrs remaining. I have an agreed lease extension to £12,000 for 115yrs. Landlord also requested Section 42 Notice which I think should not be necessary. Advice required.
  • My partner and I have owned a leasehold flat for approximately eighteen years. It now has 66 years unexpired lease on the lease. Following a year of difficult negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the landlord. I am at a decision point on whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would appreciate advice.
  • I'm looking at purchasing an apartment in Barnsley at a price of £195,000 the flat has something like 70 years unexpired on the lease. My offer was subject to a lease extension... .. that was back in August, expecting I'd have moved in by now. The seller has just informed me they'll reduce the price by£8k if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm not sure if I should take them up on the offer
  • My and my fiance are worried about seeking a lease extension from an objectionable freeholder. Even though the legal procedures were adhered to under the 1993 Act, the landlord still attempted to get ground rent of £250 doubling every twenty years of the new lease. Can you help?
  • We currently own a garden flat in Barnsley 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 62 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? Should I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?

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