Recently asked questions relating to Datchet Lease Extensions

  • I inherited a flat in Datchet with a leasehold unexpired slightly less than seventy three years and need a lease extension. Please can you advise me of the next stages
  • I'm intending to make an offer on a house in Datchet but I'm concerned about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Coventry Building Society giving us the mortgage now?
  • I am the owner of a maisonnette together with the freehold. The owners of the upstairs flat have asked for a lease extension what do I need to do?
  • Is it possible to talk with you about a leasehold property in Datchet, I am considering bidding at auction in the next few days. The flat only has a few years left and I was wondering about how much it would cost to get a lease extension and for your services.
  • I have my suspicions that my daughter is being hoodwinked. She submitted an offer on a maisonette in Datchet, where the lease is circa 76 years but she was told by the selling agents that the vendor had extended it to 125 years. Only now has she been advised the current owner was waiting for her to appoint lawyers ahead of instigating the lease extension. Sounds odd to me, also it will take months to sort it all out. What do you think?
  • Re a residence in Datchet. lower maisonette. 59 yrs unexpired. I have negotiated a lease extension price of £14k for 135yrs. Freeholder also insisted on Notice of Claim which I think should not be necessary. Advice required.
  • I intend to buy a one bed flat in Datchet for asking price of 156k, which has 57 years lease left on it. Seller doesn't want to extend the lease for even if I were to pay the money to the seller. My question is: If the freeholder does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of surveyor, how lengthy and difficult is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • I note that your website states the likely fee for dealing with a lease extension is £495. Is that the all inclusive cost excluding value added tax and the HMLR fee? The premium has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my ground floor flat in Datchet
  • I am the registered freeholder of a couple of flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in Datchet. I live in the upper flat. I was looking at the land registry documents today when I noticed that my flat is leasehold. There is 60 years balance left. Can one carry out a lease extension without using a ?
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