FAQs concerning Chesterfield Lease Extensions

  • I bought a one bedroom apartment in Chesterfield that I am finding difficult to sell due to the lease needing a lease extension. Can you please help me with this situation ?
  • I'm intending to make an offer on a house in Chesterfield but I'm a little worried about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Barclays Direct giving us the mortgage now?
  • I am looking for a in Chesterfield and they need to be on the Halifax approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and refinance simultaneously. Can you recommend any please ?
  • This flat I have in mind requires only ground rent. Long lease so no lease extension required. I have asked the estate agents as to what happens to building insurance and responsibility for communal areas and if one of the two flats which make up the property wants to make alterations.They said they did not know. I cannot see how one could get buildings insurance for the whole building shared with another flat, either downstairs or upstairs. I do need to clarify things like this before I undertake all the expenses involved in purchasing a property I feel. Do freeholders actually supply their own insurance?
  • My neighbours and I are in a block made up five flats in Chesterfield and have been offered to buy the freehold for 7k per flat rather than go for lease extensions. We are all in agreement that we want to do this but how do we get started and what is the likely cost?
  • I am looking into the costs of carrying out a lease extension for my one bedroom apartment in Chesterfield, and would like some figures on that.
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Chesterfield. The lease has just 61 years balance left and ground rent is £95. Is it possible for the owner to serve the Section 42 Notice and then transfer over the right to me as the purchaser on the day of completion so that I don't have to wait for the two year qualifying 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 seller? To add to the complexity it’s the case of an missing freeholder, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am a landlord of a block of flats in Chesterfield, and the lessees are in the process of being given lease extensions. I anticipate receiving the money next week. As I am not on self assessment do I get in touch with the tax authorities ?
  • My partner and I have a one bedroom flat located in Chesterfield. There is 80 years remaining on the lease and we want to extend the lease. How much does it cost on average to get a lease extension by, say,twenty years
  • I am planning to extend the lease on my maisonette in Chesterfield I am looking for help to verify the premium. I have a premium value that the freeholder has given me. I would like to go forward as soon as possible, but for the right premium and fee.

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