Sample questions relating to Brimsdown Lease Extensions

  • I am looking for a lease extension on the lease on my ground floor flat in Brimsdown which will have 56 years left in September. What fees do you charge for this?
  • We have seen a house for sale for £185,000 and we are very interested but we've just discovered that it is leasehold. There are 899 years outstanding so a lease extension is not an issue. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this correct? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for twenty years without the house being ours. Any advice would be much appreciated.
  • I purchased a maisonette in Brimsdown. The lease commenced in 1992 for 99 years. Now I am wanting to extend the lease. I am unclear about further expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I bought a garden flat in Brimsdown. I am looking for a lease extension on the property. It is around eighty years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long the process takes.
  • I am concerned that my daughter is being hoodwinked. She submitted an offer on a maisonette in Brimsdown, where the lease is around seventy years but she was informed by the selling agents that the seller had extended it to 99 years. She has now been informed the owner was holding off for her to instruct solicitors ahead of instigating the lease extension. Seems unscrupulous, also it will take months to sort it all out. Am I reading too much into it?
  • Offer accepted on a a two bedroom first floor purpose built flat in Brimsdown, 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 85 years.Contracts were due to be exchanged within a week. My question is Should I tell the vendor that I will only proceed with the purchase (at the same price) on the condition they carry out a lease extension?
  • I am the freeholder of a Edwardian property split into two flats. I live in the upper flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current 74 years. What are my next steps?
  • I'm living at mum and dad but have a three bed flat in Brimsdown let out which has a 55 year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in Brimsdown for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 19k. Should I keep or sell the flat?
  • My and my fiance know that others in the same building had already had a lease extension, and the freeholder was reasonable. It therefore appears 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?
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my ground floor flat in Brimsdown
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