Examples of recent questions relating to Lease Extensions in Doncaster

  • Me and my husband have just acquired a garden flat located inDoncaster and I'm deliberating a lease extension as soon as I can e.g. in 24 months of ownership
  • I'm wanting to make an offer on a house in Doncaster 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 Bank of Ireland giving us the mortgage now?
  • I'm planning on purchasing a 2 bed flat (leasehold) but the landlord has been absent for slightly less than 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be less expensive to try to buy the freehold or to extend lease and apply for RTM?
  • I am looking to either purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Doncaster and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £4k to extend the lease. I will be doing a get a new mortgage with Coventry Building Society to release of equity. My adviser handling the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one to extend the lease and one for outright acquisition .The lease began in 1981 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £15.00 per year to £200 per year.
  • I have a share of the freehold. There are three apartments in the house. All the leaseholders are now looking for lease extensions. What are the timescales to grant a lease extension?
  • My father has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Doncaster. House divided into three apartments. He has a lease, which has nearly sixety one years left. 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 buying an apartment in Doncaster at a price of £195,000 the flat has just under 72 years left on the lease. My offer was subject to a lease extension... .. that was back in September, expecting I'd have completed before now. They have just informed the agent they are willing to knock £5k off if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm unsure if I should take them up on the offer
  • My wife and I are worried about getting a lease extension from tricky landlord. Even though the legal procedures were followed under the 1993 Act, the landlord still tried to charge ground rent of £200 increasing by 100% every twenty years of the new term. Can you help?
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Doncaster as it is coming up to the 80 year mark. As I understood it, if you extend your lease by the 90 years available, you pay a premium (£thousands) but the ground rent is reduced to a peppercorn. I am now told that I have to continue paying ground rent. I thought the major cost of a lease extension was to compensate the freeholder as they wouldn't be collecting ground rent anymore?
  • We have a three bedroom first floor purpose built flat in Doncaster with a lease of 74 years left with a value of around £410000 we want to add 90 years to it, how much is that likely to cost?

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