Top Ten Questions relating to Bellingham Lease Extensions

  • I own a flat in Bellingham with a leasehold unexpired roughly fivety nine years and need a lease extension. Please can you clarify the next stages
  • Hi. I need a to have a look at my lease extension prior to it being signed just to ensure there's nothing that I haven't seen - it's just a surrender and regrant with a few small changes.
  • I'm planning on buying a three bedroom first floor purpose built flat (leasehold) but the landlord has been missing for around 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be less expensive to try to acquire the reversionary title or to get a lease extension and apply for RTM?
  • Is it possible to talk with you about a flat in Bellingham, I am considering bidding at auction in the next few days. The flat has a short lease and I wanted to inquire about what it would cost to get a lease extension and for your services.
  • We have a leasehold flat in Bellingham with sixety one years remaining. Last year we were quoted a deal to have a lease extension for another thirty years but also uplift the ground rent from notional to £200 per annum..plus a premium I think of approximately 10k. Finally we have decided to proceed but do we now have to start the negotiations again?
  • My brother has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Bellingham. House divided into three flats. He has a lease, which has approximately fivety five yrs remaining. How much would it cost for a lease extension and how many years would he need to extend by?
  • My OH and I would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Bellingham. Is this something you can assist us with?
  • We are concerned about seeking a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Notwithstanding that the correct procedures were adhered to under the 1993 Act, the freeholder still attempted to charge ground rent of £300 doubling every twenty five years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • I know that others in the same block had already had a lease extension, and the landlord seemed amenable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal valuation and base the initial offer on previous premiums paid . This would save on double valuation charges. Is this advisable?
  • I have a lease of fivety six years remaining on my flat in Bellingham. We are looking for a lease extension, so we contacted our freehold company and they came back with a quote that was double the amount and half the extension time that the lease extension calculator provided. Is there anyway, without racking up a huge legal bill, we can ask the freehold company to provide their computation of the amount and how they derived to it?

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