Sample questions relating to Brentwood Lease Extensions

  • I am the registered owner of a ground floor flat located in Brentwood with a leasehold unexpired of 78 years. I am enquiring about how much I will need to spend to extend my lease term
  • This flat I have in mind requires only ground rent. Long lease so no lease extension required. I have asked the estate agents as to what happens to building insurance and responsibility for communal areas and if one of the two flats which make up the property wants to make alterations.They said they did not know. I cannot see how one could get buildings insurance for the whole building shared with another flat, either downstairs or upstairs. I do need to clarify things like this before I undertake all the expenses involved in purchasing a property I feel. Do freeholders actually supply their own insurance?
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering what step I have to do first, I have been previously advised that I have to have the finances in place before I set the ball rolling, is this correct?
  • I am planning to extend the lease on my one bedroom apartment in Brentwood I am looking for a local company to calculate the premium. I have a premium value that the freeholder has given me. I would like to go forward as soon as possible, but for the right premium and fee.
  • My brother and I have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our studio flat in Brentwood. We have a seventy two year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has given us with a premium amount 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 our behalf.
  • Just a quick question, how much does it cost for a lease extension on a residential property in Brentwood for a three bed flat - sec 42 having been issued?
  • We are concerned about seeking a lease extension from tricky freeholder. Notwithstanding that the legal procedures were followed under the appropriate legislation, the freeholder still tried to get ground rent of £200 increasing by 100% every twenty five years of the new term. Can you help?
  • My son is aware that others in the same block previously had a lease extension, and the freeholder was reasonable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of avoiding a formal survey and calculate the initial offer on on the premiums paid by others . This would save on double valuation charges. Is this advisable?
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Brentwood as it is coming up to the 80 year mark. As I understood it, if you extend your lease by the 90 years available, you pay a premium (£thousands) but the ground rent is reduced to a peppercorn. I am now told that I have to continue paying ground rent. I thought the major cost of a lease extension was to compensate the freeholder as they wouldn't be collecting ground rent anymore?
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my maisonette in Brentwood
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