Recently asked questions relating to East and West Horsley Lease Extensions

  • I’m thinking about a lease extension for our two bed flat in East and West Horsley and we are confused by the letter that we received from our landlord company. What's your solicitors fee?
  • This flat I have in mind requires only ground rent. Long lease so no lease extension required. I have asked the estate agents as to what happens to building insurance and responsibility for communal areas and if one of the two flats which make up the property wants to make alterations.They said they did not know. I cannot see how one could get buildings insurance for the whole building shared with another flat, either downstairs or upstairs. I do need to clarify things like this before I undertake all the expenses involved in purchasing a property I feel. Do freeholders actually supply their own insurance?
  • My co-lessees and I are in a block comprising five flats in East and West Horsley and have been offered to buy the freehold for £5000 per flat rather than go for lease extensions. We are all in agreement that we want to do this but how do we get started and what is the likely cost?
  • I acquired a garden flat in East and West Horsley. I am looking to extend lease on the property. It is nearon eighty years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long the process takes.
  • My mortgage lender is requesting a £600 fee for their to approve the lease extension deed for my flat in East and West Horsley... I am unable to find any mention of this in my mortgage literature... is this a standard fee to pay?
  • My wife and I have a GFF based in East and West Horsley. There is 81 years unexpired on the lease and we want a lease extension. How much will it likely cost to get a lease extension by, say,45 years
  • I'm living at mother and father but have a maisonette in East and West Horsley let out which has a 56 year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in East and West Horsley for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 21k. Should I keep or sell the flat?
  • I am the registered freeholder to two flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in East and West Horsley. I live in the upper flat. I was looking at the title deeds last night when I noticed that my flat is leasehold. There is sixety one years left. If I want to do a lease extension then would I simply be paying for the charges?
  • We currently own a maisonette in East and West Horsley and are looking to sell it this year so we can carry out some improvements on our family home. I checked the lease and it has 76 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 15k plus to get a lease extension. Can you offer some advice on this? Should I contact the freeholder first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I have a lease of sixety eight years remaining on my flat in East and West Horsley. 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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