Questions and Answers: Eccleshall Lease Extensions

  • Me and my wife have just acquired a three bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette based inEccleshall and I'm considering a lease extension as soon as I can e.g. in a couple of years
  • My wife has a flat in Eccleshall which we are about to put on the market. The leasehold has circa sixety five years unexpired 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? Thank you.
  • I want to purchase a leasehold property and lease extension. The seller has been there for four years and will assign the notice. He will let me have the notice on exchange and then I will serve it in the landlord. Is this OK ?
  • I plan on buying a flat in Eccleshall. The offer is subject to the lease extension. The current owner’s has given to the freeholder the Notice of Claim. Once this notice has been accepted by the freeholder, it is possible for the lessee to assign the benefit of that notice to me, the buyer, so that the buyer “stands in the shoes” of the Lessee, so to speak. I was wondering if this could be a problem for the mortgage lender Skipton Building Society. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • Possibly made a mistake, I am actually looking for a in Eccleshall who has Leasehold Tribunal expertise when it comes to lease extensions. Is this something you can help me with?
  • I'm looking for an apartment to purchase in Eccleshall and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold arrangement. I've identified a maisonette I like with a 90 years lease. I've read that I can go for a lease extension having owned the property for a couple of years, but:- Should I anticipate any issue with my proposed mortgage lender The Royal Bank of Scotland?
  • My mortgage lender requires a £450 fee for their to agree a lease extension for my flat in Eccleshall... I can find no mention of this in my mortgage booklet... is this a standard cost that they charge?
  • Offer accepted on a a studio flat in Eccleshall, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease was in excess of 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer come through which states the lease as 82 years.We are soon to exchange contracts in a couple of days. My query is how is possible that the estate agent got it so wrong?
  • I have 75 years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Eccleshall, the Landlord requires a £18k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is too high
  • We have a garden flat in Eccleshall with a lease of sixety eight years left with a value of around £370000 we want to add 90 years to it, how much is that likely to cost?

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