Questions and Answers: Bedford Hill Lease Extensions

  • My partner has an apartment in Bedford Hill which we have just put on the market. The leasehold has about fivety five years remaining on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. Can you please assist on how we commence arranging a lease extension? Many thanks.
  • I am in need of a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I would like to buy. It has 73 years balance left.
  • I am looking for a in Bedford Hill and they should be on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and remortgage at the same time. Are you able to recommend a ?
  • I bought a maisonette in Bedford Hill. The start date for the lease was in 2001 for 99 years. Now I am wanting to extend the lease. I am unclear about additional expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I have a leasehold flat in Bedford Hill. I have built a huge extension and have not informed the leaseholder. What should I do?
  • Re a property in Bedford Hill. upper maisonette. fivety nine yrs left. I have negotiated a lease extension price of £14k for 115yrs. Landlord also insisted on Section 42 Notice which I think is a bit over the top. Can you assist.
  • 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?
  • I require an estimate to extend my mother’s lease on a two bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette in Bedford Hill. She already has a figure from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is too expensive.
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Bedford Hill as it is coming up to the 80 year mark. As I understood it, if you extend your lease by the 90 years available, you pay a premium (£thousands) but the ground rent is reduced to a peppercorn. I am now told that I have to continue paying ground rent. I thought the major cost of a lease extension was to compensate the freeholder as they wouldn't be collecting ground rent anymore?
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my maisonette in Bedford Hill

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