Sample questions relating to Great Shelford Lease Extensions

  • I need to extend my current lease can you assist? My investigation with the Land Registry reveal that it has sixety three years residual lease term
  • I'm planning on buying a one bed flat (leasehold) but the freeholder has been absent for roughly 15yrs. My query is would it be less expensive to try to buy the freehold or to extend lease and apply for right to manage?
  • We are in a block consisting of five flats in Great Shelford and have been offered to buy the freehold for £3,500 per flat rather than go for lease extensions. We are all in agreement that we want to do this but how do we get started and what is the likely cost?
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Great Shelford. The lease has just fivety eight years unexpired and ground rent is £50. Is it possible for the flat owner to serve the Initial Notice and then transfer over the right to me as the buyer once I complete the buying process so that I don't have to wait for the two year qualifying period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is achievable but will it be very time costly to the owner? Unfortunately it’s the case of an missing freeholder, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • My mortgage provider is requesting a £450 fee for their to agree a lease extension for my flat in Great Shelford... I can find no reference of this in my mortgage booklet... is this a normal cost that they charge?
  • We are looking to extend our lease. We will have been in the apartment for 2 years as of 6th April 2016. It has nearon sixety five years remaining currently. Hoping to get a lease extension by another 90 years as quickly and stress free as is reasonably achievable.
  • I own the freehold of a couple of flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in Great Shelford. I reside in the upper flat. I was reviewing the title deeds yesterday when I noticed that my flat is leasehold. There is 75 years left on the lease. Can one carry out a lease extension without retaining a ?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my aunt’s lease on a garden flat in Great Shelford. She already has a figure from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am far from certain if it is too expensive.
  • We currently own a maisonette in Great Shelford 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 72 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? Should I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my studio flat in Great Shelford. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we need to move at some point then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the tribunal route. Should I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?

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