Common questions relating to Ditchling Lease Extensions

  • I have just acquired a maisonette inDitchling and I'm thinking about a lease extension as soon as I can e.g. after 24 months of ownership
  • I acquired a garden flat in Ditchling that I am finding difficult to sell as a result of the lease requiring a lease extension. What's your legal fee ?
  • I’m just looking for a garden flat to buy in the Ditchling area and was interested in finding out what the likely fees would be for a lease extension? It has seventy seven years as a balance left...
  • I have an interest in the freehold of buildings comprising of seven flats each. 2 of the leaseholders want to extend their leases and I'm enquiring about the the process
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Ditchling. The lease has only 61 years unexpired and ground rent is £75. Is it possible for the seller to serve the Initial Notice and then assign this right to me as the buyer once I complete the buying process so that I don't have to wait for the two year requisite period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is legal but will it be very time costly to the homeowner? To add to the complexity the freeholder is absent, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am a landlord of a block of flats in Ditchling, and the lessees are in the process of being granted lease extensions. I should hopefully get funds next week. As I am not on self assessment do I contact the tax authorities ?
  • We are proceeding with a purchase of a one bedroom apartment in Ditchling. I was informed that the lease had been extended (sixety nine years outstanding prior to extension). The description on the listing stated "sold with a long lease". It transpires at the point of exchange of contracts we find that the lease has not been extended. The owner apparently has a quote but no money to extend as a result the homeowner intends to exchange and use the my deposit for the lease extension. My question is is it not odd that my failed to pick this up far earlier than just before exchange?
  • My brother has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Ditchling. House divided into three flats. He has a lease, which has slightly less than seventy four yrs outstanding. Does he have to do the lease extension at the same time with the other tenants, or could he extend the lease on his own?
  • I'm looking at acquiring an apartment in Ditchling at a price of £210,000 the flat has approximately 57 years left on the lease. I put in an offer subject to the lease being extended... .. that was back in November, expecting I'd be in by now. The seller has just come back saying that they are prepared to reduce the price by£7k if I deal with the lease extension myself. I'm unsure if I should take them up on the offer
  • I have a lease of 56 years remaining on my flat in Ditchling. 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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