FAQs concerning Harrogate Lease Extensions

  • Hi, I stumbled upon your website. I'm looking for prices on what a lease extension will cost for a ground floor flat in Harrogate. It's on the market at the moment but has nearly 78 years left on the lease
  • I am interested in getting a lease extension for a flat in Harrogate and want to use a local solicitors. Are you able to help me find a lawyers?
  • 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 ?
  • I have been in touch with my freeholder for a lease extension for my flat in Harrogate. His conveyancers has been in contact concerning costs etc. I need an estimate for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The apartment currently has a 99 YR lease which started August 199.
  • I plan on buying a flat based in Harrogate. My offer is subject to the lease extension. The homeowner’s conveyancing practitioners has given to the freeholder 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 Nottingham Building Society. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • We are the registered owners of a leasehold with a landlord who has failed to respond by way of a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Harrogate and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can handle for us?
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Harrogate. The lease has only 76 years balance left and ground rent is £25. Is it possible for the flat owner to serve the Section 42 Notice and then transfer this right to me as the purchaser once I complete the buying process so that I don't have to wait 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 is achievable but will it be very time consuming to the homeowner? To add to the complexity it’s the case of an missing landlord, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I'm looking at acquiring an apartment in Harrogate at a price of £195,000 the flat has approaching sixety one years left on the lease. I put in an offer subject to the lease being extended... .. that was back in June, hoping I'd be in before Christmas. The owner has just come back saying they'll reduce the price by£2k if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm unsure whether that's a good idea
  • Just a quick one, how much is the premium payable for a lease extension on a residential property in Harrogate for a one bed flat - sec 42 having been issued?
  • I'm looking for some help concerning extending the lease on my maisonette. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we have to move 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. Do 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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