Top Ten Questions relating to Cottenham Lease Extensions

  • I have just purchased a maisonette located inCottenham and I'm deliberating extending the lease as soon as possible e.g. after 24 months of ownership
  • Do you only undertake lease extensions in Cottenham? I own a flat in Abbey Wood with 90 years unexpired lease, I am looking for a quote from a .
  • The terms for the lease on my apartment in Cottenham are 99 years from 15 Jan 1989. Please supply me me a quote to extend the lease if I give you more information please?
  • We have a ground floor flat in Cottenham with 71 years unexpired. Ten months ago we were quoted a deal to receive a lease extension for a further fifty years but also uplift the ground rent from nominal to £300 per annum..plus a premium I think of approximately 16k. We have now decided to move forward but do we now have to renegotiate?
  • My husband and I have a GFF based in Cottenham. There is 81 years unexpired on the lease and we want a lease extension. How much will it likely cost to get a lease extension by, say,35 years
  • I have a share of the freehold. There are three flats in the block. All the leaseholders are now requiring lease extensions. How long will take to get a lease extension?
  • I own a purpose-built apartment located in a small block in Cottenham. The leasehold interest in the apartment on a ninety five year lease which commenced from 11th March 1969 with a set ground rent of £10 per annum. I wish to obtain a lease extension. Can I talk with someone to go through my options please?
  • If a leaseholder owns a flat with a lease of under 80 years, they can afford the lease extension by borrowing the funds against the property, and the value of the flat with the new lease will more than cover the cost of the extension, then is there any justification for not extending the lease?
  • I require an estimate to extend my mother’s lease on a 2 bed flat in Cottenham. She recently got a figure from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is too high.
  • I have a lease of 78 years remaining on my flat in Cottenham. We are looking for a lease extension, so we contacted our freehold company and they came back with a quote that was double the amount and half the extension time that the lease extension calculator provided. Is there anyway, without racking up a huge legal bill, we can ask the freehold company to provide their computation of the amount and how they derived to it?

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