Recently asked questions relating to Chorlton Lease Extensions

  • Me and my wife have just bought a ground floor flat located inChorlton and I'm deliberating extending the lease as soon as possible e.g. after two years
  • I acquired a flat in Chorlton with a leasehold unexpired roughly 71 years and need a lease extension. Please can you advise me of the next stages
  • I would like to have my residential flat leasehold extension premium valued. The flat is in Chorlton, and my lease will reach 79 years this July. Could you advise me about the costs and time-frame to obtain an appraisal? Also, do you represent your clients at the Tribunal court?
  • We own a leasehold with a landlord who has failed to respond by way of a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Chorlton and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can do for us?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Chorlton. The lease has just 65 years remaining and ground rent is £95. Is it possible for the seller to serve the Notice of Claim and then transfer over the right to me as the buyer on the day of completion so that I don't have to wait for the 2 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 achievable but will it be very time costly to the vendor? To add to the complexity the landlord is absent, so I am not sure how does it work.
  • I have my suspicions that my niece might have had the wool pulled over her eyes. She submitted an offer on a ground floor flat in Chorlton, where the lease is slightly more sixety six years but she was advised by the selling agents that the vendor had extended it to 99 years. Only now has she been advised the homeowner was holding off for her to instruct lawyers before commencing with the lease extension. Sounds underhand, also it will take time to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • I am seeking advice as I am interested in a property that has only a 74 year lease and therefore requires a lease extension. Can I talk with someone to discuss my options please?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • Me and my wife have owned a leasehold flat for around fifteen years. It now has 54 years remaining on the lease. Following a year of difficult negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the landlord. I now have to make a decision as to whether to accept it or go to LVT and would appreciate some independent thoughts.
  • We currently own a one bed flat in Chorlton 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 58 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 15k plus to get a lease extension. Can you offer some advice on this? Do I contact the freeholder first and will they be able to give me a cost?

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