Bloomsbury Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • My wife has a flat located in Bloomsbury which we are about to put on the market. The leasehold has nearly 66 years outstanding 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 get started on a lease extension? Thank you.
  • I am interested in getting a lease extension for a flat in Bloomsbury and want to use a local conveyancing practitioners. Is there a property lawyers that you can recommend?
  • I want to acquire a leasehold property and extend the lease. The owner has been there over 2 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 ?
  • Do you only handle lease extensions in Bloomsbury? I own a flat in Abbey Wood with 90 years unexpired lease, I am looking for a quote from a conveyancers.
  • I am looking to purchase a studio flat in Bloomsbury with a lease of seventy three years but unsure what I will have to spend to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • We own a leasehold with a freeholder who has not given us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Bloomsbury and are therefore considering the option of a vesting order. Is this something you can help us with?
  • I am deliberating whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Bloomsbury and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £3k to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously get a new mortgage with The Royal Bank of Scotland to free up equity. My broker dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two estimates : one for the lease extension and one for the freehold acquisition .The lease started in 1979 and since then the ground rent has increased from £38.00 per year to £125 per year.
  • I'm looking for a flat to buy in Bloomsbury and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold arrangement. I've found a place I like with a 91 years lease. I've read that I can get a lease extension after a couple of years, but:- Should I be looking for some conditions that would prevent me for getting a lease extension?
  • I am the freeholder of a Georgian property split into two flats. 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 sixety seven years. What are my next steps?
  • I have a lease of 72 years remaining on my flat in Bloomsbury. 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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