Examples of recent questions relating to Lease Extensions in Eastney and Southsea

  • I'm considering buying a studio flat (leasehold) but the freeholder has been missing for approximately 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be cheaper to try to purchase the freehold or to extend lease and apply for right to manage?
  • I have my suspicions that my niece is being hoodwinked. She put in an offer on a ground floor flat in Eastney and Southsea, where the lease is about sixety five years but she was told by the selling agents that the seller had extended it to 99 years. Only now has she been told the current owner was waiting for her to appoint solicitors before commencing with the lease extension. Sounds devious, also it may take months to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • Re a residence in Eastney and Southsea. GFF maisonette. 79 yrs left. I have an agreed lease extension to £12,000 for 115yrs. Landlord also insisted on Initial Notice which I think is a bit over the top. Can you assist.
  • We have a GFF located in Eastney and Southsea. There is 81 years remaining on the lease and we want a lease extension. How much does it cost on average to get a lease extension by, say,25 years
  • We are looking to extend our lease having owned the flat for two years as of 1st March 2016. It has circa fivety seven years remaining currently. Hoping to get a lease extension with a further 90 years as quickly and stress free as is reasonably achievable.
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in Eastney and Southsea for asking price of 156k, which has sixety 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 question is: If the freeholder 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?
  • If somebody owns a flat with a lease of under 80 years, they can afford the lease extension by borrowing the funds against the property, and the value of the flat with the new lease will more than cover the cost of the extension, then is there any justification for not extending the lease?
  • I am the registered freeholder of a couple of flats. Someone has the lease on the garden flat in Eastney and Southsea. I occupy in the upper flat. I was reviewing the land registry documents last night when I noticed that my flat is leasehold. There is seventy nine years balance left. If I want a lease extension then would I just be paying for the charges?
  • I am planning on remortgaging my garden flat in Eastney and Southsea and the bank that I am looking to switch to needs at least 85 years remaining on the lease in order for them to progress matters. I have found that I currently have around sixety years on the leasehold so require some advice, guidance, and some quotes to get the wheels in motion for a lease extension
  • Do you handle lease extensions on land? (a plot of land in Eastney and Southsea with 82yrs remaining)

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