FAQs concerning Griffithstown Lease Extensions

  • 35k agreed with the freeholder, just seeking to find a Griffithstown conveyancers for a lease extension. Our lease has about 59 yearsremaining. How long will this take ?
  • I'm intending to make an offer on a house in Griffithstown but I'm a little worried about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Bank of Ireland giving us the mortgage now?
  • I am in need of a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I would like to buy. It has fivety nine years residual lease term.
  • We have seen a house for sale for £215k and we are very keen on but we've just found out that it is leasehold. There are 928 years left so a lease extension is not required. 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 true? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for 25 years without the house being ours. Any information would be much appreciated.
  • I have been in touch with my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Griffithstown. His conveyancing practitioners has been in contact concerning charges etc. I need a ball park figure for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The apartment currently has a 99 YR lease which started August 1985.
  • My neighbours and I are in a block consisting of four flats in Griffithstown and have been offered to buy the freehold for 5k 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?
  • Offer accepted on a a maisonette in Griffithstown, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease had over 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer in writing through the post which states the lease as 82 years.We are soon to exchange contracts in a couple of days. My question is Have the estate agents breached any law by misrepresenting the position concerning the lease term?
  • Me and my husband would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Griffithstown. Would you be able to help?
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Griffithstown 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?
  • Do you handle lease extensions on land? (a plot of land in Griffithstown with 82yrs remaining)
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