Blakelaw Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • I am interested in getting a lease extension for a flat in Blakelaw and want to use a local . Are you able to help me find a ?
  • I am looking to buy a garden flat in Blakelaw with a lease of seventy one years but unsure how much I will have to spend to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • I am going to purchase a flat located in Blakelaw. My offer is subject to the lease extension. The seller’s has given to the freeholder the Notice of Claim. 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 Nottingham Building Society. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • I have my suspicions that my niece is being hoodwinked. She put in an offer on a garden flat in Blakelaw, where the lease is about seventy three years but she was advised by the estate agents that the flat owner had extended it to 99 years. Only now has she been told the homeowner was waiting for her to appoint lawyers ahead of instigating the lease extension. Seems unscrupulous, also it may take time to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • My mortgage provider requires a £600 fee for their to agree a lease extension for my flat in Blakelaw... I am unable to find any mention of this in my mortgage guide... is this a normal charge?
  • We have a first floor flat in Blakelaw with sixety four years unexpired. Ten months ago we were quoted a deal to grant a lease extension for a further thirty years but also uplift the ground rent from nominal to a little more..plus a premium I think of approximately 9k. Finally we have decided to go ahead but do we now have to start the negotiations again?
  • We are considering buying a one bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette in Blakelaw which is a leasehold. I am enquiring as to the pros and cons of that - what happens when lease ends, how much it costs to extend it, can the freeholder of the land evict me from my own flat and block me from having a lease extension?
  • I am the freeholder of a Georgian property split into two apartments. I reside in the upper flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current fivety nine years. What are my next steps?
  • I'm looking at purchasing a flat in Blakelaw valued at £210,000 the flat has approaching 56 years left on the lease. My offer was conditional upon the lease being renewed... .. that was back in November, hoping I'd have moved in by now. They have just informed me that they are prepared to reduce the price by£8k if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm unsure if I should take them up on the offer
  • I am worried about getting a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still tried to get ground rent of £300 increasing by 100% every twenty five years of the new term. Can you assist?

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