Frequently asked questions relating to Camberwell Lease Extensions

  • I am fairly sure that our has advised us incorrectly concerning a lease extension and I want to find out how to complain
  • I'm wanting to make an offer on a house in Camberwell but I'm concerned about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect HSBC Bank giving us the mortgage now?
  • I am looking for a in Camberwell and they need to be on the Leeds Building Society approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and refinance simultaneously. Are you able to recommend any please ?
  • I am about to put an offer in on a one bedroom apartment in Camberwell with a lease of sixety four years but not sure what it will cost me to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • We are in a building made up five flats in Camberwell and have been offered to buy the freehold for 8k per flat rather than go for lease extensions. We are all in agreement that we want to do this but how do we get started and what is the likely cost?
  • We purchased a leasehold with a freeholder who has not given us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Camberwell and are therefore thinking about the option of a vesting order. Is this something you can handle for us?
  • How much will it cost me and what is the best way to start the lease extension process? I have slightly more than 76 years outstanding on my lease on a one bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette in Camberwell. I have called the managing agents who act on behalf of the head landlord and they provided me with the number of the surveyor. I telephone the surveyor but I am not receiving any returned calls.
  • Just a quick one, how much does it cost for a lease extension on a residential property in Camberwell for a one bed flat - section 42 having been issued?
  • I own the freehold of a couple of flats. Someone has the lease on the garden flat in Camberwell. I live in the upper flat. I was reviewing the title deeds recently when I noticed that my flat is leasehold. There is fivety four years left. Is it possible to carry out a lease extension without retaining a ?
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Camberwell 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?

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