Top Ten Questions relating to Headington Lease Extensions

  • 20,000 agreed with the landlord, just attempting to find a Headington for a lease extension. Our lease has slightly less fivety eight yrsoutstanding. How long will this take ?
  • I’ve just bought a ground floor flat inHeadington and I'm considering extending the lease as soon as practicable e.g. after a couple of years
  • Hello, I stumbled upon this site. I'm looking for prices on what a lease extension will cost for a maisonette in Headington. It's on the market at the moment but has slightly more than seventy years remaining on the lease
  • I have a lease of fivety six years on a property which I am looking to buy how much am I looking at for the cost to extend the lease?
  • I'm considering purchasing a one bedroom apartment (leasehold) but the landlord has been absent for slightly more than 15yrs. My query is would it be less expensive to try to buy the freehold or to extend lease and apply for right to manage?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Headington. The lease has only sixety seven years balance left and ground rent is £50. Is it possible for the flat owner to serve the Section 42 Notice and then transfer over the right to me as the buyer on the day of completion so that I don't have to wait for the two 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 legal but will it be very time costly to the homeowner? Unfortunately it’s the case of an absent landlord, so I am not sure how does it work.
  • I am concerned that my daughter is being hoodwinked. She put in an offer on a maisonette in Headington, where the lease is just over sixety six years but she was advised by the selling agents that the seller had extended it to 125 years. Only now has she been advised the flat owner was holding off for her to appoint lawyers ahead of instigating the lease extension. Seems underhand, also it may take a while to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering which step I have to do first, I have been previously told that I have to have the finances in place before I commence the process, is this correct?
  • We would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Headington. Would you be able to help?
  • My and my partner are concerned about getting a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Even though the correct procedures were adhered to under the 1993 Act, the freeholder still tried to get ground rent of £300 increasing by 100% every 25 years of the new lease. Can you assist?

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