Sample questions relating to Datchet and Langley Lease Extensions

  • We have seen a house for sale for £215k and we are very interested but we've just found out that it is leasehold. There are 798 years remaining so a lease extension is not a concern. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this correct? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for 25 years without the house being ours. Any help would be much appreciated.
  • Do you only handle lease extensions in Datchet and Langley? I own a flat in Abbey Wood with 90 years unexpired lease, I am looking for a quote from a .
  • I am the owner of a maisonnette together with the freehold title. The owners of the upstairs flat have asked to extend the lease what do I need to do?
  • We have owned a leasehold flat for about twenty years. It now has 62 years outstanding on the lease. Following a year of difficult negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the freeholder. I now have to make a decision as to whether to accept it or go to LVT and would welcome advice.
  • I am planning to extend the lease on my garden flat in Datchet and Langley I am looking for a local company to calculate the premium. I have a premium value that the freeholder has given me. I would like to go forward as soon as possible, but for the right premium and fee.
  • I'm looking at purchasing an apartment in Datchet and Langley at a price of £195,000 the flat has approximately 56 years left on the lease. I put in an offer subject to the lease being extended... .. that was back in August, hoping I'd have completed by Christmas. They have just come back saying that they are prepared to reduce the price by£7k if I deal with the lease extension myself. I'm not sure if I should take them up on the offer
  • We are buying a one bed flat in Datchet and Langley which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was starting to get low so the owner commenced dealing with a lease extension. The seller has submitted the lease extension paperwork to HMLR. An essential part of the conveyancing process is for our to do a "priority search" on the property title. The problem here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our it may not be possible to do this "priority search" right now as the new property title number is not known. Is it right that we have to be patient until the new lease is registered?
  • My wife and I are worried about getting a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were followed under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still tried to get ground rent of £300 doubling every twenty years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • I have seventy six years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Datchet and Langley, the Landlord requires a £18k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is acceptable
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my ground floor flat in Datchet and Langley. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we need to move at some point then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the tribunal route. Should I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?

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