Sample questions relating to Hampstead Garden Suburb Lease Extensions

  • My partner agreed with the freeholder for a lease extension on our flat in Hampstead Garden Suburb, 12.5k for an additional 90yrs. What's your legal fee ?
  • I want to acquire a leasehold property and extend the lease. The owner has been there for three 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 ?
  • We own a leasehold with a landlord who has failed to respond by way of a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Hampstead Garden Suburb and are therefore considering the option of a vesting order. Is this something you can help us with?
  • I'm looking for a flat to buy in Hampstead Garden Suburb and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold title. I've identified a one bedroom apartment I like with a 87 years lease. My research reveals that I can get a lease extension after a couple of years, but:- Should I be looking at some conditions that would prevent me for getting a lease extension?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Hampstead Garden Suburb. The lease has only sixety four years unexpired and ground rent is £25. Is it possible for the current owner to serve the Initial Notice and then assign this right to me as the buyer once I complete the buying process so that I can avoid waiting for the 2 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 may be possible but will it be very time costly to the flat owner? To add to the complexity the freeholder can not be found, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I own a share of the freehold. There are four apartments in the house. All the leaseholders are now looking for lease extensions. Are you able to help us with this situation?
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in Hampstead Garden Suburb for asking price of 145k, which has 72 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 question 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 Victorian property split into two apartments. I reside in the top floor flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current fivety four years. What are my next steps?
  • Me and my sister are buying a 2 bed flat in Hampstead Garden Suburb which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was starting to get low so the seller is in the process of dealing with a lease extension. The owner has submitted the lease extension paperwork to HMLR. A crucial aspect 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 lease title number has not been issued. Is it correct that we have to be patient pending registration of the new lease?
  • My wife and I are aware that others in the same block had already had a lease extension, and the freeholder was reasonable. It therefore appears worth taking risk of avoiding a formal valuation and base the initial offer on on the prices by others . This would save on double valuation charges. Is this advisable?

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