Questions and Answers: Bedfont Lease Extensions

  • I bought a flat in Bedfont with a leasehold unexpired around seventy one years and need to extend it. Please can you advise me of the next steps
  • My wife has a flat located in Bedfont which we are about to put on the market. The leasehold has nearly seventy two years balance left on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. I am after more information on how we get started on a lease extension? Many thanks.
  • I own a maisonnette and the freehold title. My downstairs neighbours have asked for a lease extension what do I need to do?
  • I plan on buying a flat located in Bedfont. The offer is subject to the lease extension. The current owner’s has given to the freeholder the Section 42 Notice. Once this notice has been accepted by the freeholder, it is possible for the lessee to assign the benefit of that notice to me, the buyer, so that the buyer “stands in the shoes” of the Lessee, so to speak. I was wondering if this could be a problem for the mortgage lender Barnsley Building Society. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • We are the registered owners of a leasehold with a freeholder who has failed to give us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Bedfont and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can do for us?
  • I'm looking for a flat to purchase in Bedfont and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold concept. I've found a ground floor flat I like with a 91 years lease. I've read that I can apply for a lease extension after a couple of years, but:- Should I be looking for some caveats that would prevent me for getting a lease extension?
  • My mortgage lender is requesting several hundred pounds for their for a "deed of substituted security" for the lease extension for my flat in Bedfont... I am unable to find any reference of this in my mortgage literature... is this a standard cost that they charge?
  • I am the freeholder of a 1930’s property split into two apartments. I reside in the top floor flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current 59 years. What are my next steps?
  • Me and my husband have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our garden flat in Bedfont. We have a 56 year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has provided us with a premium amount that he is happy with to accept for the extension of the lease, which we are happy with as well and wish to proceed. All we need now is a to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on the lease extension.
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my mum’s lease on a studio flat in Bedfont. She already has a price from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is too expensive.

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