Questions and Answers: Coulsdon Lease Extensions

  • I am interested in getting a lease extension for a flat in Coulsdon and want to use a local . Is there a that you can recommend?
  • Offer accepted on a a one bed flat in Coulsdon, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease was in excess of 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer come through which states the lease as 85 years.Contracts were due to be exchanged in a couple of days. My query is Have the estate agents breached any law by misrepresenting the position concerning the lease term?
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering which step I have to do first, I have been previously advised that I have to have the finances in place before I initiate the process, is this correct?
  • I am in need of some help with a lease extension. I live in Belfast but the property in question is based in Coulsdon. I would be grateful if you can give me a call when you get a chance to discuss the case.
  • I note that your website states the likely fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the total cost including vat and the HMLR fee? The price has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my studio flat in Coulsdon
  • I'm looking at buying a flat in Coulsdon valued at £210,000 the flat has approximately sixety nine years left on the lease. My offer was conditional upon the lease being renewed... .. that was back in November, expecting I'd have moved in by Christmas. The owner has just informed me they are willing to knock £3k off if I deal with the lease extension myself. I'm not sure whether that's a good idea
  • My wife and I are hoping to purchase a flat (a garden flat inCoulsdon with share of freehold). During our search, we were always looking at apartments that had at least ninety years left on the lease. We found a apartment we liked and the selling agent promised us that the lease was long albeit not specifying a number. Yesterday our told us the lease only has seventy six years and thus requires a lease extension. Should we walk away, or should we reduce our offer?
  • My and my partner know that others in the same block had already had a lease extension, and the landlord seemed reasonable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal valuation and base the initial offer on on the prices by others . This would save on double valuation charges. Is this advisable?
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Coulsdon as it is coming up to the 80 year mark. As I understood it, if you extend your lease by the 90 years available, you pay a premium (£thousands) but the ground rent is reduced to a peppercorn. I am now told that I have to continue paying ground rent. I thought the major cost of a lease extension was to compensate the freeholder as they wouldn't be collecting ground rent anymore?
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my 2 bed flat in Coulsdon
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