Darton Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • 40k agreed with the landlord’s agents, just trying to find a Darton conveyancing practitioners for a lease extension. Our flat has roughly 62 yearsoutstanding. What's your legal fee ?
  • So this is the scenario: I am the registered owner of a 2 bed apartment in Darton that I am finding difficult to sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. Can you please help me with this situation ?
  • I would like to have my residential flat leasehold extension premium assessed. The flat is in Darton, and my lease will reach sixety seven years this July. Could you advise me about the costs and time-frame to obtain an appraisal? Also, do you represent your clients at the Tribunal court?
  • The intention is to sell our one bed flat in Darton but we may require a lease extension, or possibly cover the costs of our purchaser. Are you able to suggest someone to handle this?
  • I am deliberating whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Darton 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 Halifax to free up equity. The adviser handling the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one for the lease extension and one for outright purchase .The lease commenced in 1981 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £25.00 per year to £125 per year.
  • I will soon view a two bedroom maisonette, although not exactly my dream property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present circumstances. However after obtaining a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has 68 years remaining on the lease. It is also a repo so I'm guessing that the vendor will not be interested in doing a lease extension. My primary concern is would the short lease make it difficult to secure a mortgage?
  • I am looking at bidding for an auction property and identified a two bed flat in Darton. It has just 50 year lease..the seller as mortgagees in possession dont want to mess around with seeking a lease extension..what are the disadvantages of this other than the expensive fee to extend the lease and decreased chance of obtaining a mortgage with Halifax?
  • We have a first floor flat in Darton with seventy six years left. Last year we were quoted a deal to grant a lease extension for a further fifty years but also uplift the ground rent from notional to £250 per year..plus a premium I think of approximately 10k. We have now decided to go ahead but do we now have to start the negotiations again?
  • If a leaseholder owns a flat with a lease of less than 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 am currently in the process of remortgaging my two bedroom ground floor purpose built maisonette in Darton and the mortgage company that I am looking to switch to needs a minimum 80 years remaining on the lease in order for them to take the mortgage forward. I have found that I currently have around 74 years on the leasehold so looking for some help, guidance, and some quotes to start the lease extension process
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