Haxby Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • I am looking to purchase a one bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette in Haxby with a lease of 59 years but have no idea what it will cost me to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • I'm considering purchasing a ground floor flat (leasehold) but the freeholder has been missing for around 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be less expensive to try to purchase the freehold or to get a lease extension and apply for right to manage?
  • Think I may have made a mistake, I am actually looking for a in Haxby who has Leasehold Tribunal expertise when it comes to lease extensions. Are you able to assist me with?
  • The terms for the lease on my apartment in Haxby are 95 years from 12 Dec 1980. Can you supply me me a quote for a lease extension if I give you more information please?
  • I am concerned that my daughter is being hoodwinked. She put in an offer on a garden flat in Haxby, where the lease is about 63 years but she was advised by the selling agents that the homeowner had extended it to 125 years. Only now has she been informed the vendor was waiting for her to retain solicitors ahead of instigating the lease extension. Sounds underhand, also it could take a while to sort it all out. Am I reading too much into it?
  • My mortgage lender requires several hundred pounds for their to agree a lease extension for my flat in Haxby... I am unable to find any mention of this in my mortgage literature... is this a standard cost that they charge?
  • I own 70% in a shared ownership flat with a housing association and I am considering a lease extension on a lease which is now around 55 years. I need a at my end. Can you advise please? I live near Haxby and have a mortgage with The Royal Bank of Scotland.
  • 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 sixety nine years. What are my next steps?
  • Me and my OH would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Haxby. Is this something you can help us with?
  • If somebody owns a flat with a lease of under 80 years, they can afford the lease extension by borrowing the funds against the property, and the value of the flat with the new lease will more than cover the cost of the extension, then is there any justification for not extending the lease?

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