Top Ten Questions relating to Goodmayes Lease Extensions

  • I inherited a flat in Goodmayes with a leasehold unexpired roughly 76 years and need to extend it. Please can you advise me of the next steps
  • I am the registered owner of a property in Goodmayes and it has about sixety seven years unexpired. I'd like to arrange a lease extension by twenty years
  • I want to acquire a leasehold property and lease extension. The flat owner has been there over two 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 am the owner of a maisonnette together with the freehold. My downstairs neighbours have asked to extend the lease what do I need to do?
  • We bought a leasehold with a landlord who has failed to respond by way of a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Goodmayes and are therefore deliberating the option of a vesting order. Is this something you can help us with?
  • We have a leasehold flat in Goodmayes with sixety six years unexpired. Last year we were quoted a deal to grant a lease extension for another fifty years but also uplift the ground rent from notional to £200 per annum..plus a premium I think of about 14k. Finally we have decided to proceed but do we now have to start the negotiations again?
  • I have a share of the freehold. There are five apartments in the house. All the leaseholders are now seeking lease extensions. What's your legal fee?
  • I intend to buy a one bed flat in Goodmayes for asking price of 156k, which has fivety six 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 query is: If the freeholder does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of a valuer, how lengthy and difficult is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • I am the freeholder of a property in Goodmayes and a leaseholder would like a lease extension. Her so called valuation expert has suggested a figure of £9,000, but has increased this to £10,000 at the drop of a hat. My valuer has suggested 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 a FTT, 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 currently in the process of refinancing my maisonette in Goodmayes and the mortgage company that I am looking to switch to requires a minimum 85 years remaining on the lease in order for them to take the mortgage forward. I have discovered that I currently have around 61 years on the leasehold so require some help, guidance, and some quotes to get the wheels in motion for a lease extension
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