Examples of recent questions relating to Lease Extensions in Chapel Allerton

  • I am interested in getting a lease extension for a flat in Chapel Allerton and want to use a local . Is there a that you can recommend?
  • I have been in touch with my freeholder for a lease extension for my flat in Chapel Allerton. His has been in contact with charges etc. I need a ball park figure for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The flat currently has a 99 YR lease which started Septembmer 1986.
  • I am considering whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Chapel Allerton and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £3k to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously get a new mortgage with Birmingham Midshires to free up equity. My adviser handling the remortgage suggested I get two estimates : one for the lease extension and one for outright acquisition .The lease began in 1972 and since then the ground rent has increased from £25.00 per year to £100 per year.
  • Me and my wife are considering buying a studio flat in Chapel Allerton which is a leasehold. I am wanting to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of that - what happens when lease expires, the cost of a lease extension, can the freeholder of the land evict me from my own flat and prevent me from extending the lease?
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering which step I have to do first, I have been previously told that I have to have the finances in place before I set the ball rolling, is this correct?
  • My father has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Chapel Allerton. House split into three apartments. He has a lease, which has just over 69 yrs left. How much would it cost for a lease extension and how many years would he need to extend by?
  • I am the freeholder of a Victorian property split into two flats. I reside 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 five years. What are my next steps?
  • I am concerned about getting a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Notwithstanding that the correct procedures were adhered to under the 1993 Act, the landlord still attempted to charge ground rent of £200 increasing by 100% every 25 years of the new lease. Can you assist?
  • I have sixety four years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Chapel Allerton, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is reasonable
  • I have a lease of 63 years remaining on my flat in Chapel Allerton. 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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