Common questions relating to East Croydon Lease Extensions

  • Hi, I am looking somewhere around or in East Croydon 8-10 years lease remaining houses. I dont know if I am on the correct site. Can I find lease remaining houses from here?
  • My wife has an apartment based in East Croydon which we are about to put on the market. The leasehold has around 59 years residual lease term on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. Can you please assist on how we get started on a lease extension? Many thanks.
  • I am the registered owner of a one bedroom apartment in East Croydon. I am looking for a lease extension on the property. It is nearing eighty one years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long the process takes.
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in East Croydon. The lease has only seventy two years remaining and ground rent is £50. Is it possible for the vendor to serve the Notice of Claim and then transfer this right to me as the purchaser once I complete the buying process so that I can avoid waiting 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 achievable but will it be very time costly to the vendor? To add to the complexity the freeholder can not be found, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am thinking about acquiring an auction property and came upon a studio flat in East Croydon. It only has a 50 year lease..the current owner as mortgagees in possession dont want the aggravation of applying for a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this other than the costly fee to extend the lease and decreased chance of getting a mortgage with Halifax?
  • We have a first floor flat in East Croydon with fivety six years unexpired. Ten months ago we were quoted a deal to receive a lease extension for another thirty years but also uplift the ground rent from nominal to a little more..plus a premium I think of approximately 16k. We have now decided to go ahead but do we now have to renegotiate?
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in East Croydon for asking price of 145k, which has 79 years lease left on it. I appreciate that ideally, the seller would start the process by serving a section 42 notice to start the lease extension process but the seller is refusing to assist. My query is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of surveyor, how lengthy and easy is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • I do not need a lease extension but I do need a vesting order on a property I want to purchase in East Croydon. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, Nine hundred and ninety nine year lease from 1889. Its the garden area.
  • I am the registered freeholder to two flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in East Croydon. I reside in the top flat. I was looking at the title deeds today when I noticed that my flat has a lease on it. There is 70 years left. Is it possible to do a lease extension without instructing a ?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my studio flat in East Croydon. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we need to move at some point then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the tribunal route. Should I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?

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