Common questions relating to Dawley and Lawley Lease Extensions

  • I'm planning to make an offer on a house in Dawley and Lawley but I'm a little worried 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 Skipton Building Society giving us the mortgage now?
  • In 2012 I purchased a leasehold apartment in Dawley and Lawley. I have built a huge extension and have not informed my leaseholder. What should I do?
  • I'm looking for a flat to buy in Dawley and Lawley and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold arrangement. I've identified a two bedroom second floor purpose built flat I like with a 82 years lease. My research reveals that I can get a lease extension after 2 years, but:- Should I anticipate any issue with my proposed mortgage lender Halifax?
  • How much will I need to spend and what is the best way to start the lease extension process? I have just under seventy three years unexpired lease on my lease on a garden flat in Dawley and Lawley. I have called the managing agents who act on behalf of the freeholder and they sent me the number for the valuer. I telephone the surveyor but I am not getting any calls back.
  • I am concerned that my niece is being hoodwinked. She submitted an offer on a maisonette in Dawley and Lawley, where the lease is around 63 years but she was informed by the selling agents that the current owner had extended it to 125 years. She has now been advised the seller was holding off for her to appoint conveyancers ahead of instigating the lease extension. Seems unscrupulous, also it will take time to sort it all out. Am I reading too much into it?
  • My mortgage lender requires a £500 fee for their to agree a lease extension for my flat in Dawley and Lawley... I can find no reference of this in my mortgage contract... is this a normal charge?
  • Although I do not need a lease extension but I do need a vesting order on a property I want to buy in Dawley and Lawley. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 995 year lease from 1854. Its the garden area.
  • Me and my OH are are hoping to complete on a one bed flat in Dawley and Lawley which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was on the short side so the owner commenced dealing with a lease extension. The seller’s lawyer has submitted the lease extension paperwork which will result in the registration of a new lease at the land registry. An essential part of the house buying process is for our to do a pre-completion search on the lease. The concern 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 has not been issued. Is it right that we must be patient until the lease extension has actually been registered before completing.?
  • My brother is concerned about obtaining a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Notwithstanding that the legal procedures were followed under the appropriate legislation, the freeholder still attempted to charge ground rent of £200 doubling every twenty five years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my mum’s lease on a garden flat in Dawley and Lawley. She recently got a figure from the landlord for a lease extension but I am far from certain if it is reasonable.

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