Recently asked questions relating to Elephant and Castle Lease Extensions

  • My husband and I are thinking about a lease extension for our ground floor flat based in Elephant and Castle and we are confused by the letter that we received from our landlord company. Can you please help us with this situation?
  • Me and my husband have just completed on a one bed conversion flat inElephant and Castle and I'm thinking about extending the lease as soon as I can e.g. in two years
  • I invested in buying a property in Elephant and Castle and it has about 55 years left. I'd like to arrange a lease extension by twenty years
  • Do you only advise on lease extensions in Elephant and Castle? I own a flat in Abbey Wood with 90 years unexpired lease, I am looking for a quote from a lawyers.
  • I have contacted my freeholder for a lease extension for my flat in Elephant and Castle. Her solicitors has been in contact concerning charges etc. I need a ball park figure for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The flat currently has a 99 YR lease which started November 1990.
  • We bought a leasehold with a landlord who has not given us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Elephant and Castle and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can handle for us?
  • I am considering bidding for an auction property and identified a one bed flat in Elephant and Castle. It only has a 48 year lease..the seller being mortgagees in possession will not want to mess around with seeking a lease extension..what are the disadvantages of this except for the huge fee to put a new lease on it and decreased chance of obtaining a mortgage with Aldermore?
  • I am the freeholder of a property in Elephant and Castle and a leaseholder has requested a lease extension. Her so called valuation expert has suggested a figure of £9,000, but has increased this by £2,000 without too much effort. My surveyor has put forward a much higher premium. Negotiations have broken down so it looks at though we need to go to a FTT. If a lease extension does go to tribunal, can I handle the matter myself, just equipped with the valuations I have? If not, what charges would I be likely to incur?
  • I am concerned about seeking a lease extension from a difficult landlord. Regardless of the fact that the legal procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still attempted to get ground rent of £200 increasing by 100% every 25 years of the new term. Can you help?
  • I was hoping you might be able to tell me the process of how to apply for a lease extension for my three bedroom first floor purpose built flat in Elephant and Castle

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