Questions and Answers: Cleobury Mortimer Lease Extensions

  • I am interested in getting a lease extension for a flat in Cleobury Mortimer and want to use a local conveyancers. Is there a lawyers that you can recommend?
  • I'm planning to make an offer on a house in Cleobury Mortimer but I'm concerned 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 giving us the mortgage now?
  • I want to buy a leasehold property and lease extension. The flat owner has been there for three years and will assign the notice. He will let me have the notice on exchange and then I will serve it in the landlord. Is this OK ?
  • I have contacted my freeholder for a lease extension for my flat in Cleobury Mortimer. His property lawyers has been in contact regarding charges etc. I need an estimate for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The property currently has a 99 YR lease which started March 1994.
  • I am going to purchase a flat located in Cleobury Mortimer. My offer is conditional upon a lease extension. The current owner’s lawyers has given to the freeholder the Notice of Claim. Once this notice has been accepted by the freeholder, it is possible for the lessee to assign the benefit of that notice to me, the buyer, so that the buyer “stands in the shoes” of the Lessee, so to speak. I was wondering if this could be a problem for the mortgage lender Santander. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • I am considering whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Cleobury Mortimer and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £4k to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously remortgage with Coventry Building Society to release of equity. The adviser handling the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one to extend the lease and one for outright purchase .The lease started in 1991 and since then the ground rent has increased from £38.00 per year to £125 per year.
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Cleobury Mortimer. The lease has just 79 years unexpired and ground rent is £75. Is it possible for the homeowner to serve the Section 42 Notice and then assign this 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 legal but will it be very time consuming to the current owner? Unfortunately the landlord is absent, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering which step I have to do first, I have been previously told that I have to have the finances in place before I initiate the process, is this correct?
  • Just a quick one, how much is the premium payable for a lease extension on a residential property in Cleobury Mortimer for a three bed flat - section 42 is already in place?
  • Do you handle lease extensions on land? (a plot of land in Cleobury Mortimer with 82yrs remaining)
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