FAQs concerning Chessington Lease Extensions

  • My fiance agreed with the head landlord for a lease extension on our flat in Chessington, 14k for an additional 90yrs. How long will it take ?
  • I am looking to extend the lease on my three bed flat in Chessington which will have fivety nine years unexpired lease in January. What fees do you charge for this?
  • I have a lease of 57 years on a property which I am looking to buy how much am I looking at for the cost to extend the lease?
  • Just been over 2 years that I have owned my garden flat in Chessington. I have 74 years remaining on the lease. I am now wanting to purchase a share of freehold or extend my lease. I purchased the property for 320K, it is now roughly 445k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: I realize this will cost me 10k+, it is not easy to drop the cash (even if I may have savings) to cover it. What do most people do in terms of funding the lease extension - do they add it to their existing mortgage or pay it out in cash?
  • It says on your website the anticipated fee for dealing with a lease extension is £495. Is that the total cost excluding value added tax and the land registry fee? The premium has already been negotiated with the freeholder for the lease extension for my maisonette in Chessington
  • I'm looking at acquiring a flat in Chessington valued at £195,000 the flat has something like sixety five years unexpired on the lease. My offer was conditional upon the lease being renewed... .. that was back in September, expecting I'd have completed by Christmas. They have just come back saying they are willing to reduce the price by£7k if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm unsure whether that's a good idea
  • I am planning on remortgaging my one bedroom apartment in Chessington and the bank that I am looking to switch to needs at least 85 years remaining on the lease in order for them to take the mortgage forward. We currently have around 54 years on the leasehold so looking for some help, guidance, and some quotes to start the lease extension process
  • We currently own a three bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Chessington and are looking to sell it this year so we can carry out some improvements on our family home. I checked the lease and it has 65 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 20k plus to get a lease extension. Can you offer some advice on this? Should I contact the freeholder first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I have fivety eight years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Chessington, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is acceptable
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my one bed flat in Chessington. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we need to move at some point then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the tribunal route. Should I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?

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