FAQs concerning Brighton Lease Extensions

  • I need to extend my existing lease can you assist? My investigation with the Land Registry reveal that it has sixety two years left
  • I bought a garden flat in Brighton with a leasehold unexpired of 77 years. I am wondering about how much I will need to spend to extend my leasehold
  • I own a studio flat in Brighton. I am looking for a lease extension on the property. It is nearly 80 years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long the process takes.
  • I am about to view a one bedroom flat, although not exactly my dream property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present situation. However after downloading a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has sixety seven years left on the lease. It is also a repo so I'm guessing that the bank will not be interested in doing a lease extension. My main concern is would the short lease make it difficult to secure a mortgage?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Brighton. The lease has only seventy seven years unexpired and ground rent is £95. Is it possible for the seller to serve the Section 42 Notice and then assign over the right to me as the purchaser once I complete the buying process so that I can avoid waiting for the 2 year qualifying period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is legal but will it be very time costly to the seller? Unfortunately it’s the case of an missing landlord, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am a freeholder of a block of flats in Brighton, and the tenants are in the process of being granted lease extensions. I should hopefully get the money within a month or so. As I am not on self assessment do I contact the tax man ?
  • I am looking to extend the lease on my garden flat in Brighton 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.
  • I am the freeholder of a Georgian property split into two flats. I live in the top floor flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current sixety years. What are my next steps?
  • I have sixety nine years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Brighton, the Landlord requires a £25k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is reasonable
  • We have a two bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Brighton with a lease of seventy two years left with a value of around £370000 we want to add 90 years to it, how much is that likely to cost?

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