East Grinstead Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • I’ve just purchased a ground floor flat located inEast Grinstead and I'm deliberating a lease extension as soon as practicable e.g. in a couple of years
  • I am in need of a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I intend to purchase. It has sixety six years outstanding.
  • I am looking for a in East Grinstead and they should be on the Barclays Direct approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and remortgage simultaneously. Are you able to recommend a ?
  • The terms for the lease on my flat in East Grinstead are 95 years from 12 Jan 1988. Please provide me a quote for a lease extension if I give you more details please?
  • I am a landlord of a block of flats in East Grinstead, and the tenants are in the process of being given lease extensions. I anticipate receiving funds within a month or so. How does the tax work, the property is in joint names with my husband ?
  • I own a share of the freehold. There are five flats in the block. All the leaseholders are now requiring lease extensions. What's your solicitors fee?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • My OH and I have owned a leasehold flat for around fifteen years. It now has 68 years unexpired lease on the lease. After a year of protracted negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the freeholder. I now have to make a decision as to whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would welcome some independent thoughts.
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in East Grinstead 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?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my maisonette in East Grinstead. 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. Can you recommend a good who specialises in lease extensions?

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