Frequently asked questions relating to Heaton and Jesmond Lease Extensions

  • I bought a flat in Heaton and Jesmond with a leasehold unexpired around seventy eight years and need a lease extension. Please can you clarify the next stages
  • I have shares in the freehold of 2 blocks of flats comprising of seven flats each. 2 of the leasehold owners want to extend their leases and I'm enquiring about the procedure for this
  • My partner has an apartment in Heaton and Jesmond which we are about to put on the market. The leasehold has slightly less than 57 years remaining on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. Can you please assist on how we commence arranging a lease extension? Thank you.
  • I own a leasehold flat in the Heaton and Jesmond area and was enquiring whether I could obtain a lease extension. What are your processes and charges. Has 75 years balance left
  • I am about to view a two bedroom maisonette, although not exactly my dream property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present circumstances. However after downloading a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has seventy five years outstanding on the lease. It is also a repossession so I'm assuming that the vendor will not be interested in doing a lease extension. My main concern is would it be difficult to sell on without a lease extension?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • My wife and I are purchasing a garden flat in Heaton and Jesmond which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was starting to get low so the owner is in the process of dealing with a lease extension. The seller’s lawyer has submitted the lease extension paperwork which will result in the registration of a new lease at the land registry. An essential part of the conveyancing process is for our to do OS1 search on the lease. The concern here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our it may not be possible to do this "priority search" right now as the new lease title number is not known. Is it correct that we must wait pending registration of the new lease?
  • We are worried about seeking a lease extension from an objectionable landlord. Regardless of the fact that the legal procedures were followed under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still attempted to charge ground rent of £250 increasing by 100% every twenty five years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • I have 68 years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Heaton and Jesmond, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is too high
  • I have a lease of seventy nine years remaining on my flat in Heaton and Jesmond. We are looking for a lease extension, so we contacted our freehold company and they came back with a quote that was double the amount and half the extension time that the lease extension calculator provided. Is there anyway, without racking up a huge legal bill, we can ask the freehold company to provide their computation of the amount and how they derived to it?

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