Questions and Answers: Dollis Hill Lease Extensions

  • I think our has advised us incorrectly concerning a lease extension and I want to know how to complain
  • I bought a property in Dollis Hill and it has nearly fivety five years balance left. I'd like to arrange a lease extension by twenty years
  • Hi. I need someone to review my lease extension ahead of it being completed just to ensure there's nothing that I haven't seen - it's just a reissue with a few small amendments.
  • I plan on buying a flat located in Dollis Hill. The offer is conditional upon a lease extension. The seller’s has served the Section 42 Notice. Once this notice has been accepted by the freeholder, it is possible for the lessee to assign the benefit of that notice to me, the buyer, so that the buyer “stands in the shoes” of the Lessee, so to speak. I was wondering if this could be a problem for the mortgage lender Virgin Money. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • I'm looking for a flat to purchase in Dollis Hill and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold tenure. I've found a garden flat I like with a 91 years lease. I've read that I can go for a lease extension after a couple of years, but:- Should I anticipate any issue with my proposed mortgage lender Bank of Ireland?
  • I am concerned that my daughter is being hoodwinked. She put in an offer on a garden flat in Dollis Hill, where the lease is nearly 63 years but she was informed by the estate agents that the homeowner had extended it to 99 years. She has now been advised the vendor was holding off for her to retain lawyers ahead of instigating the lease extension. Sounds devious, also it may take a while to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • Me and my wife have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our maisonette in Dollis Hill. We have a fivety six year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has given us with a financial figure that he is happy with to accept for the extension of the lease, which we are happy with as well and wish to proceed. All we need now is a to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on our behalf.
  • I'm intent on buying an apartment in Dollis Hill valued at £256,000 the flat has something like sixety two years left on the lease. I put in an offer subject to the lease being extended... .. that was back in June, hoping I'd have completed by Christmas. The seller has just informed the agent they'll reduce the price by£8k if I deal with the lease extension myself. I'm not sure whether that's a good idea
  • I have seventy nine years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Dollis Hill, 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 have a lease of sixety two years remaining on my flat in Dollis Hill. 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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