Examples of recent questions relating to Lease Extensions in Greenford

  • I am about to put an offer in on a 2 bed flat in Greenford with a lease of 63 years but not sure what it will cost me to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • I have been in touch with my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Greenford. Her has been in contact concerning charges etc. I need a quote for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The flat currently has a 99 YR lease which started Septembmer 1993.
  • I am going to purchase a flat based in Greenford. My offer is subject to the lease extension. The owner’s has served the Section 42 Notice. Once this notice has been accepted by the freeholder, it is possible for the lessee to assign the benefit of that notice to me, the buyer, so that the buyer “stands in the shoes” of the Lessee, so to speak. I was wondering if this could be a problem for the mortgage lender Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • I am looking to either purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Greenford and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £2500 to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously remortgage with Platform Home Loans Ltd to free up equity. My broker dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two estimates : one for the lease extension and one for outright acquisition .The lease began in 1991 and since then the ground rent has increased from £15.00 per year to £200 per annum.
  • I am about to view a one bedroom maisonette, although not exactly my ideal property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present circumstances. However after downloading a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has sixety four years remaining on the lease. It is also a repo so I'm guessing that the vendor will not be interested in doing a lease extension. My primary concern is would it be difficult to sell on without a lease extension?
  • I am the owner of a purpose-built apartment based in a large block in Greenford. The leasehold interest in the flat on a ninety five year lease which commenced on 2nd November 1980 with a non-reviewable yearly rent of 20. I wish to obtain a lease extension. Can I talk with someone to go through my options please?
  • Me and my wife are in the throws of buying a flat (a maisonette based inGreenford with share of freehold). Throughout our search, we were always looking at flats that had at least ninety years residual lease term. We identified a place we liked and the selling agent assured that the lease term was not an issue. Yesterday our advised us the lease only has seventy eight years and therefore needs a lease extension. Do we run away, or do we lower our offer by the estimated difference in value resulting from the short lease term setting aside that money to cover the lease extension?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my aunt’s lease on a three bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Greenford. She already has a figure from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is too expensive.
  • I have seventy one years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Greenford, the Landlord requires a £18k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is reasonable
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my one bedroom apartment in Greenford. 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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