Questions and Answers: Crook Log Lease Extensions

  • I have shares in the freehold of 2 blocks of flats comprising of seven flats each. Two of the leaseholders want a lease extension and I'm wondering about the procedure for this
  • Do you only advise on lease extensions in Crook Log? I own a flat in Abbey Wood with 90 years outstanding, I am looking for a quote from a .
  • I am the registered owner of a one bedroom apartment in Crook Log. The start date for the lease was in 1998 for 99 years. Now I am looking to extend the lease. I am uncertain about further expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I plan on buying a flat based in Crook Log. The offer is conditional upon a lease extension. The vendor’s has served 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 Accord Mortgages Ltd. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • I am looking to either purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Crook Log and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £2500 to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously refinance with Halifax to free up equity. The broker dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one to extend the lease and one for the freehold acquisition .The lease commenced in 1981 and since then the ground rent has increased from £38.00 per year to £100 per annum.
  • In 2010 I purchased a leasehold apartment in Crook Log. I have built a huge extension and have not informed the leaseholder. What should I do?
  • How much will I need to spend and what is the best way to start the lease extension process? I have nearon 75 years unexpired lease on my lease on a garden flat in Crook Log. I have called the managing agents who represent the head landlord and they sent me the number of the valuer. I telephone the valuer but I am not receiving any kind of response.
  • We are considering purchasing a one bedroom apartment in Crook Log which is a leasehold. I am wanting to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of that - what occurs when lease expires, the cost of a lease extension, can the freeholder of the land evict me from my own flat and block me from having a lease extension?
  • We would like to extend our lease having owned the flat for two years as of 1st April 2015. It has circa 71 years remaining currently. Hoping to get a lease extension by another 90 years as expeditiously and stress free as is reasonably achievable.
  • Offer accepted on a a one bedroom apartment in Crook Log, 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 82 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?

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