FAQs concerning Chatteris Lease Extensions

  • I am the registered owner of a flat in Chatteris with a leasehold unexpired nearon fivety six years and need a lease extension. Please can you clarify the next stages
  • I bought a studio flat in Chatteris. The lease commenced in 2001 for 99 years. Now I am wanting for a lease extension. I am not entirely sure about further expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • We hope to sell our garden flat in Chatteris but we may need a lease extension, or possibly cover the costs of our buyers. Can you help me find a conveyancers to undertake the legal formalities?
  • We bought a leasehold with a freeholder who has failed to give us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Chatteris and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can handle for us?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Chatteris. The lease has just seventy eight years balance left and ground rent is £25. Is it possible for the flat owner to serve the Section 42 Notice and then transfer this right to me as the purchaser on the day of completion so that I don't have to wait for the two year requisite period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is legal but will it be very time costly to the flat owner? To add to the complexity it’s the case of an absent freeholder, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • My mortgage lender is requesting several hundred pounds for their lawyers to approve the lease extension deed for my flat in Chatteris... I can find no reference of this in my mortgage literature... is this a normal fee to pay?
  • I own a share of the freehold. There are four apartments in the building. All the leaseholders are now seeking lease extensions. Are you willing to assist us with this situation?
  • Offer accepted on a a ground floor flat in Chatteris, 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 eighty years.Contracts were due to be exchanged in a couple of days. My question is Is it not odd that my property lawyers failed to spot this far earlier than just before exchange?
  • I am in need of a lease extension for my flat in Chatteris and was advised previously that I must get the funds readily available, is this the case or can I start the process beforehand?
  • My husband and I are hoping to buy a home (a studio flat inChatteris with share of freehold). During our search, we were always looking at flats that had a minimum 83 years balance left. We came across a place we fell in love with and the estate agent promised us that the lease was long albeit not specifying a number. This morning our conveyancing practitioners advised us the lease only has 56 years and therefore needs a lease extension. Do we run away, or do we negotiate our offer?
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