Recently asked questions relating to Croxley Green Lease Extensions

  • I am the registered owner of a maisonette in Croxley Green that I now cannot sell as a result of the lease needing a lease extension. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • I'm looking for an apartment to buy in Croxley Green and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold concept. I've identified a one bed flat I like with a 91 years lease. My research reveals that I can get a lease extension after 2 years, but:- Is this a given?
  • How much will it cost me and what is the best way to get a lease extension started? I have nearon seventy years unexpired lease on my lease on a one bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Croxley Green. I have emailed the agent who act on behalf of the freeholder and they provided me with the number for the surveyor. I have contacted the valuer but I am not receiving any kind of reaction.
  • I am looking at acquiring an auction property and identified a two bed flat in Croxley Green. It has just fifty year lease..the vendor as mortgagees in possession dont want to mess around with applying for a lease extension..what are the disadvantages of this except for the costly fee to extend the lease and decreased chance of getting a mortgage with Barnsley Building Society?
  • Ref a leasehold in Croxley Green. lower maisonette. 74 yrs left. I have negotiated a lease extension price of £14k for 135yrs. Freeholder also requested Notice of Claim which I think should not be required. Can you assist.
  • We have a leasehold flat in Croxley Green with 56 years left. Last year we were quoted a deal to receive a lease extension for a further fifty years but also uplift the ground rent from nominal to £250 per annum..plus a premium I think of about 14k. We have now decided to move forward but do we now have to start the negotiations again?
  • My wife and I are aware that others in the same block had already had a lease extension, and the landlord was amenable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of avoiding a formal valuation and base the initial offer on on the prices by others . This would save on double valuation fees. Is this advisable?
  • I am planning on remortgaging my studio flat in Croxley Green and the next lender that I am looking to switch to needs at least 85 years on the leasehold of my property in order for them to progress matters. I have found that I currently have around 60 years on the leasehold so require some advice, guidance, and some quotes to start the lease extension process
  • We have a three bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette in Croxley Green with a lease of seventy three years left with a value of around £410000 we want to add 125 years to it, how much is that likely to cost?
  • I have a lease of fivety five years remaining on my flat in Croxley Green. 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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