Questions and Answers: Great Dunmow Lease Extensions

  • Me and my OH have just completed on a maisonette inGreat Dunmow and I'm deliberating extending the lease as soon as practicable e.g. in 24 months of ownership
  • I need to talk to you about a leasehold property in Great Dunmow, I am considering buying at auction next week. The flat only has a few years remaining and I am curious about how much it would cost to get a lease extension and for your services.
  • I own a leasehold apartment in Great Dunmow. I have built a large extension and have not informed the freeholder. What should I do?
  • I am the owner of a purpose-built apartment located in a small development in Great Dunmow. The leasehold interest in the apartment on a ninety five year lease which commenced from 1 January 1969 with a non-reviewable ground rent of £25 per annum. I wish to obtain a lease extension. Is it possible for me to call someone to go through my options please?
  • I am in need of some help with a lease extension. I live in Belfast but the flat in question is based in Great Dunmow. I would be grateful if you can give me a call when you get a chance to discuss the case.
  • I do not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to acquire in Great Dunmow. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 1000 year lease from 1889. Its the rear garden.
  • Me and my partner are are hoping to complete on a two bedroom ground floor purpose built flat in Great Dunmow which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was starting to get low so the seller commenced dealing with a lease extension. The seller has submitted the lease extension paperwork which will result in the registration of a new lease at the land registry. An essential part of the house buying process is for our to do a "priority 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 property title number has not been issued. Is it correct that we have to hold on until the new lease is registered?
  • We know that others in the same block previously had a lease extension, and the freeholder seemed reasonable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal valuation and base the initial offer on previous prices . This would save on double valuation fees. Would you recommend such a course of action?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my mother’s lease on a one bed flat in Great Dunmow. She recently got a price from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is reasonable.
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Great Dunmow as it is coming up to the 80 year mark. As I understood it, if you extend your lease by the 90 years available, you pay a premium (£thousands) but the ground rent is reduced to a peppercorn. I am now told that I have to continue paying ground rent. I thought the major cost of a lease extension was to compensate the freeholder as they wouldn't be collecting ground rent anymore?

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