Recently asked questions relating to Blackfriars Lease Extensions

  • My wife has an apartment based in Blackfriars which we are about to put on the market. The leasehold has around fivety six years remaining on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. I am interested in more information on how we commence arranging a lease extension? Many thanks.
  • I want to purchase a leasehold property and lease extension. The flat owner has been there over two years and will assign the notice. He will let me have the notice on exchange and then I will serve it in the landlord. Is this OK ?
  • I am about to put an offer in on a one bedroom apartment in Blackfriars with a lease of 74 years but unsure what it will cost me to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • The terms for the lease on my apartment in Blackfriars are 95 years from 14 Feb 1980. Can you supply me me a quote for a lease extension if I give you more details please?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Blackfriars. The lease has just 68 years outstanding and ground rent is £95. Is it possible for the vendor to serve the Notice of Claim and then transfer this right to me as the purchaser on the day of completion so that I can avoid waiting for the 2 year requisite period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this may be possible but will it be very time costly to the owner? Unfortunately it’s the case of an absent freeholder, so I am not sure how does it work.
  • My mortgage provider is requesting a £500 fee for their conveyancing practitioners to agree a lease extension for my flat in Blackfriars... I can find no reference of this in my mortgage contract... is this a usual charge?
  • I am a landlord of a block of flats in Blackfriars, and the lessees are in the process of being granted lease extensions. I should hopefully get the money next week. As I am not on self assessment do I get in touch with the tax authorities ?
  • Offer accepted on a a three bedroom first floor purpose built flat in Blackfriars, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease was in excess of 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer sent through which states the lease as 82 years.Contracts were due to be exchanged in a couple of days. My question is Should I tell the homeowner that I will only proceed with the purchase (at the same price) on the condition they carry out a lease extension?
  • My nephew has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Blackfriars. House converted into three apartments. He has a lease, which has approximately fivety six yrs outstanding. How much would it cost for a lease extension and how many years would he need to extend by?
  • We have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our three bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Blackfriars. We have a sixety three year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has supplied us with a financial figure 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 conveyancing practitioners to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on the lease extension.
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