Questions and Answers: Haxby Lease Extensions

  • So this is the scenario: I am the registered owner of a ground floor flat in Haxby that I am now unable to sell as a result of the lease requiring a lease extension. What's your legal fee ?
  • My name´s Freddie. I’m property hunting in Haxby I'm seeing a garden flat online, with just over seventy six years unexpired lease, how much will it likely cost to extend in this location by, say, 25 years?
  • I have an interest in the freehold of 2 blocks of flats comprising of 8 flats each. Two of the leaseholders want to extend their leases and I'm enquiring about the procedure for this
  • 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 remaining.
  • The intention is to sell our ground floor flat in Haxby but we may require a lease extension, or possibly cover the expense of our buyers. Are you able to suggest a property lawyers to undertake the legal formalities?
  • I acquired a garden flat in Haxby. I am looking to extend lease on the property. It is around 80 years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long it would take for completion.
  • I am considering bidding for an auction property and found a studio flat in Haxby. It has just fifty-one year lease..the vendor as mortgagees in possession will not want to mess around with applying for a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this other than the expensive fee to extend the lease and decreased chance of obtaining a mortgage with TSB?
  • We are proceeding with a purchase of a one bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Haxby. I was advised by the EA that the lease extension had already been completed while on a viewing (54 years left prior to extension). The sales particulars stated "sold with a long lease". It turns out at the point of exchange of contracts we find that there has been no lease extension. The current owner supposedly has a quote but no finances to extend as a result the owner intends to exchange and use the 10% deposit to extend the lease. My question is why has this only just been brought to my attention by my conveyancers?
  • I'm looking at acquiring a flat in Haxby valued at £256,000 the flat has just under 72 years remaining on the lease. I put in an offer subject to the lease being renewed... .. that was back in November, hoping I'd be in before now. They have just come back saying they'll knock £3k off if I deal with the lease extension myself. I'm unsure whether that's a good idea
  • We are hoping to acquire a home (a garden flat inHaxby with share of freehold). During our search, we were always looking at apartments that had a minimum eighty five years residual lease term. We identified a flat we liked and the selling agent promised us that the lease was long albeit not specifying a number. This morning our conveyancing practitioners advised us the lease only has seventy nine years and therefore requires a lease extension. Should we run away, or should we reduce our offer?
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