Questions and Answers: Belmont Lease Extensions

  • My OH and I have just bought a garden flat located inBelmont and I'm deliberating extending the lease as soon as practicable e.g. in 24 months of ownership
  • My neighbours and I are in a block of five flats in Belmont and have been offered to buy the freehold for £5000 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 inherited a ground floor flat in Belmont. I am looking to extend lease on the property. It is about eighty one years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long it would take for completion.
  • My mortgage provider requires a £450 fee for their property lawyers for a "deed of substituted security" for the lease extension for my flat in Belmont... I can find no reference of this in my mortgage contract... is this a standard fee to pay?
  • I am a landlord of a block of flats in Belmont, and the leaseholders are in the process of being granted lease extensions. I should hopefully get funds next week. How does the tax work, the property is in joint names with my partner ?
  • I an interested in finding out more about leasehold property buying. We are going to buy a link detached house which is leasehold property is there any problem involved or hidden costs. Is it safe to buy a leasehold house in Belmont area with a loft extension..We are really concerned as we are first time buyers...Please advise if we want to let the property?
  • Even though I may not need a lease extension but I do need a vesting order on a property I want to acquire in Belmont. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 995 year lease from 1854. Its the rear garden.
  • I am the registered freeholder to two flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in Belmont. I live in the top flat. I was reviewing the land registry documents yesterday when I noticed that my flat is leasehold. There is 68 years residual lease term. Is it possible to do a lease extension without using a conveyancing practitioners?
  • I'm hoping for some help concerning a lease extension on my maisonette. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we have to move then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the tribunal route. Should I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?
  • I have seventy six years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Belmont, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is reasonable

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