Top Ten Questions relating to Cotswolds Lease Extensions

  • I want to acquire a leasehold property and lease extension. The homeowner 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 acquired a garden flat located in Cotswolds with a leasehold unexpired of 62 years. I am enquiring about what I will need to spend to extend my lease term
  • My neighbours and I are in a block comprising four flats in Cotswolds and have been offered to buy the freehold for 5k 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 a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Cotswolds. The lease has only sixety nine years unexpired and ground rent is £50. Is it possible for the vendor to serve the Initial Notice and then transfer this right to me as the purchaser once I complete the buying process 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 costly to the seller? Unfortunately it’s the case of an missing landlord, so I am not sure how does it work.
  • We have a GFF located in Cotswolds. There is 80 years to run on the lease and we want a lease extension. What does it cost on average to extend in this location by, say,fifty years
  • I own a share of the freehold. There are three apartments in the building. All the leaseholders are now looking for lease extensions. What's your legal fee?
  • We have owned a leasehold flat for about twenty years. There are sixety eight years outstanding on the lease. After a year of difficult negotiations through my lawyers and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the landlord. I am at a decision point on whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would appreciate some independent thoughts.
  • I own 60% in a shared ownership flat with a housing association and I am considering a lease extension on a lease which is now around seventy four years. I need a property lawyers at my end. Can you advise please? I live near Cotswolds and have a mortgage with Virgin Money.
  • It says on your website the likely fee for dealing with a lease extension is £495. Is that the all inclusive cost including vat and the HMLR fee? The premium has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my 2 bed flat in Cotswolds
  • I have seventy six years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Cotswolds, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is too high
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