Sample questions relating to Hatch End Lease Extensions

  • I’m about to offer on a garden flat to buy in the Hatch End area and was curious how much would it cost to extend a lease? It has 58 years left...
  • I want to buy a leasehold property and extend the lease. The current owner has been there for four 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 bought a leasehold with a landlord who has failed to respond by way of a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Hatch End and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can help us with?
  • I am thinking about buying an auction property and came upon a studio flat in Hatch End. It has just fifty year lease..the current owner as mortgagees in possession dont want to mess around with negotiating a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this other than the huge fee to extend the lease and reduced chance of getting a mortgage with Skipton Building Society?
  • I am the freeholder of a Edwardian property split into two apartments. I reside in the upper flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current 67 years. What are my next steps?
  • I'm living with my mother and father but have a one bedroom apartment in Hatch End let out which has a fivety eight year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in Hatch End for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 19k. Should I keep or sell the flat?
  • I note that your website states the anticipated fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the total cost excluding vat and the HMLR fee? The price has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my maisonette in Hatch End
  • I'm looking for some assistance with regard to extending the lease on my maisonette. The plan is to do this sometime next year as we must 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 complete the lease extension now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?
  • I am currently in the process of remortgaging my 2 bed flat in Hatch End and the mortgage company that I am looking to move to needs a minimum 85 years remaining on the lease in order for them to take the mortgage forward. We currently have around 75 years on the leasehold so looking for some advice, guidance, and some quotes to get the wheels in motion for a lease extension
  • We currently own a garden flat in Hatch End 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 seventy five years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 20k plus to get a lease extension. Can you offer some advice on this? Do I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?

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