Questions and Answers: Charmouth Lease Extensions

  • I bought a flat in Charmouth with a leasehold unexpired nearon sixety two years and need to extend it. Please can you advise me of the next steps
  • I have an interest in the freehold of buildings comprising of 8 flats each. 2 of the leaseholders want a lease extension and I'm curious about the procedure for this
  • I am the owner of a maisonnette and the freehold. My downstairs neighbours have asked for a lease extension what do I need to do?
  • I inherited a garden flat in Charmouth. The start date for the lease was in 1998 for 99 years. Now I am wanting for a lease extension. I am not entirely sure about additional expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I own a garden flat in Charmouth. I am looking to extend lease on the property. It is approaching 80 years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long the process takes.
  • I am concerned that my niece might have had the wool pulled over her eyes. She put in an offer on a garden flat in Charmouth, where the lease is approximately sixety four years but she was told by the estate agents that the seller had extended it to 125 years. She has now been advised the seller was waiting for her to appoint solicitors prior to commencing with the lease extension. Seems unscrupulous, also it may take a while to sort it all out. Am I reading too much into it?
  • We have a first floor flat in Charmouth with 60 years to run. Last year we were quoted a deal to grant a lease extension for another thirty years but also uplift the ground rent from nominal to a little more..plus a premium I think of approximately 16k. Finally we have decided to proceed but do we now have to renegotiate?
  • 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 doing it?
  • It says on your website the anticipated fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the total cost including value added tax and the land registry fee? The premium has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my one bedroom apartment in Charmouth
  • I have a lease of 69 years remaining on my flat in Charmouth. 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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