Sample questions relating to Godstone Lease Extensions

  • I am looking at investing in a holiday home but it has a lease that expires in twenty years. Its in Godstone - I wanted to see if with your services it is possible for this to be extended?
  • We have seen a house for sale for £215k and we are very keen on but we've just discovered that it is leasehold. There are 899 years remaining so a lease extension is not a concern. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this correct? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for twenty years without the house being ours. Any guidance would be much appreciated.
  • Think I may have made an error, I am actually looking for a in Godstone who has Leasehold Tribunal expertise in relation to lease extensions. Are you able to assist me with?
  • My mortgage provider is requesting a £500 fee for their for a "deed of substituted security" for the lease extension for my flat in Godstone... I can find no mention of this in my mortgage guide... is this a normal cost that they charge?
  • Regarding a property in Godstone. lower maisonette. fivety four yrs left. I have negotiated a lease extension price of £12,000 for 135yrs. Landlord also requested Notice of Claim which I think is a bit over the top. Advice required.
  • Me and my sister are considering buying a garden flat in Godstone which is a leasehold. I am wanting to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of that - what occurs when lease expires, how much it costs to extend it, can the freeholder of the property evict me from my own flat and block me from extending the lease?
  • It says on your website the anticipated fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the total cost including vat and the HMLR fee? The price has already been negotiated with the freeholder for the lease extension for my two bedroom first floor purpose built flat in Godstone
  • Me and my wife are purchasing a garden flat in Godstone which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was starting to get low so the vendor is in the process of extending the lease. The owner has submitted the lease extension paperwork to HMLR. An essential part of the house buying process is for our to do OS1 search on the property title. The concern here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our it may not be possible to do this "priority search" right now as the new lease title number is not known. Is it correct that we must wait until the lease extension has actually been registered before completing.?
  • My partner and I are in the throws of buying a property (a one bed flat inGodstone with share of freehold). Throughout our search, we were always looking at apartments that had a minimum ninety years remaining. We came across a place we fell in love with and the selling agent promised us that the lease was long albeit not specifying a number. Today our informed us the lease only has seventy two years and thus requires a lease extension. Should we walk away, or should we negotiate our offer?
  • We currently own a garden flat in Godstone and are looking to sell it this year so we can carry out some improvements on our family home. I checked the lease and it has 63 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 15k plus to get a lease extension. Do you have some advice on this? Do I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?

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