Top Ten Questions relating to Coxhoe Lease Extensions

  • We hope to sell our GFF in Coxhoe but we may require a lease extension, or at least cover the expense of our purchaser. Can you recommend a to handle this?
  • I am considering whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Coxhoe and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £2500 to extend the lease. I will be doing a refinance with Santander to free up equity. The adviser dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two estimates : one for the lease extension and one for outright acquisition .The lease commenced in 1981 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £25.00 per annum to £200 per year.
  • I am thinking about bidding for an auction property and came upon a one bed flat in Coxhoe. It only has a 49 year lease..the seller as mortgagees in possession will not want the aggravation of applying for a lease extension..what are the disadvantages of this other than the huge fee to extend the lease and decreased chance of obtaining a mortgage with TSB?
  • We are looking to extend our lease. We will have been in the flat for two years as of 22nd May 2015. It has slightly less than sixety nine years remaining currently. Hoping to get a lease extension by another 90 years as expeditiously and stress free as possible.
  • I'm living with my mum and dad but have a three bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette in Coxhoe let out which has a sixety five year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in Coxhoe for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 21k. Should I keep or sell the flat?
  • Although I do not need a lease extension but I do need a vesting order on a property I want to acquire in Coxhoe. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 995 year lease from 1889. Its the garden area.
  • I am the registered freeholder to two flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in Coxhoe. I reside in the upper flat. I was looking at the title deeds last night when I noticed that my flat has a lease on it. There is sixety three years residual lease term. Can one carry out a lease extension without using a ?
  • We currently own a maisonette in Coxhoe 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 sixety four years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 20k plus to get a lease extension. Do you have some advice on this? Do I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I have 56 years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Coxhoe, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is acceptable
  • I have a lease of sixety six years remaining on my flat in Coxhoe. 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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