Sample questions relating to Esher and Claygate Lease Extensions

  • So this is the scenario: I inherited a one bedroom apartment in Esher and Claygate that I am finding difficult to sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. How long will it take ?
  • I have contacted my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Esher and Claygate. His has been in contact with fees etc. I need an estimate for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The property currently has a 99 YR lease which started March 1987.
  • I am the registered owner of a studio flat in Esher and Claygate. The lease commenced in 1997 for 99 years. Now I am looking for a lease extension. I am uncertain about additional expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I am thinking about whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Esher and Claygate and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £4k to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously remortgage with Godiva Mortgages Ltd to free up equity. My adviser dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two estimates : one for the lease extension and one for outright purchase .The lease began in 1979 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £15.00 per annum to £300 per year.
  • I have my suspicions that my niece is being hoodwinked. She submitted an offer on a ground floor flat in Esher and Claygate, where the lease is circa fivety four years but she was told by the selling agents that the homeowner had extended it to 125 years. Only now has she been advised the homeowner was holding off for her to retain solicitors prior to commencing with the lease extension. Seems underhand, also it may take months to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering which step I have to do first, I have been previously told that I have to have the finances in place before I set the ball rolling, is this correct?
  • I do not need a lease extension but I do need a vesting order on a property I want to acquire in Esher and Claygate. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 1000 year lease from 1889. Its the garden area.
  • Me and my fiance are hoping to buy a home (a 2 bed flat based inEsher and Claygate with share of freehold). During our search, we were always looking at apartments that had at least 84 years balance left. We came across a flat we liked and the selling agent assured that the lease term was not an issue. This morning our informed us the lease only has seventy years and therefore needs a lease extension. Do we walk away, or should we negotiate our offer?
  • I am the freeholder of a property in Esher and Claygate where the leaseholder has requested a lease extension. Her valuer has suggested a figure of £9,000, but has upped this by £2,000 without too much effort. My surveyor has put forward a much higher premium. She does not appear to wish to negotiate wanting to go to a FTT. If a lease extension does go to a FTT, can I handle the matter myself, just armed with the valuations I have? If not, what fee would I be likely to incur?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my mum’s lease on a ground floor flat in Esher and Claygate. She already has a price from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is too high.

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