Recently asked questions relating to Canvey Island Lease Extensions

  • I acquired a flat in Canvey Island with a leasehold unexpired slightly less than 59 years and need to extend it. Please can you advise me of the next steps
  • I want to purchase a leasehold property and lease extension. The homeowner has been there for four 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 ?
  • I have been in touch with my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Canvey Island. Her has been in contact regarding charges etc. I need a quote for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The apartment currently has a 99 YR lease which started December 199.
  • I own a share of the freehold. There are five flats in the building. All the leaseholders are now looking for lease extensions. What are the timescales to grant a lease extension?
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering what step I have to do first, I have been previously told that I have to have the finances in place before I initiate the process, is this correct?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • If a leaseholder owns a flat with a lease of less than 80 years, they can afford the lease extension by borrowing the funds against the property, and the value of the flat with the new lease will more than cover the cost of the extension, then is there any justification for not extending the lease?
  • I note that your website states the anticipated fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the all inclusive cost including value added tax and the HMLR fee? The price has already been negotiated with the freeholder for the lease extension for my studio flat in Canvey Island
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my two bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette in Canvey Island
  • I have a lease of sixety years remaining on my flat in Canvey Island. 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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