Questions and Answers: Hitchin Lease Extensions

  • My partner has an apartment located in Hitchin which we are about to put on the market. The leasehold has nearon fivety nine years residual lease term on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. I am after more information on how we get started on a lease extension? Thank you.
  • I own a leasehold flat in the Hitchin area and was wondering if I could obtain a lease extension. What are your processes and fees. Has seventy three years unexpired
  • I need to extend my existing lease can you help me with that? My investigation with the Land Registry reveal that it has seventy seven years remaining
  • I have my suspicions that my niece might be having the wool pulled over her eyes. She put in an offer on a maisonette in Hitchin, where the lease is nearly seventy years but she was informed by the estate agents that the current owner had extended it to 99 years. Only now has she been told the current owner was waiting for her to appoint solicitors before commencing with the lease extension. Sounds devious, also it could take a while to sort it all out. Am I reading too much into it?
  • Regarding a residence in Hitchin. lower maisonette. 62 yrs remaining. I have an agreed lease extension to £12,000 for 125yrs. Landlord also insisted on Notice of Claim which I think is a bit over the top. Can you assist.
  • My husband and I are considering purchasing a garden flat in Hitchin which is a leasehold. I am wanting to weigh up the pros and cons of that - what happens when lease expires, the cost of a lease extension, can the freeholder of the land evict me from my own flat and block me from extending the lease?
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering what 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?
  • I am looking for advice as I am interested in a property that has only a 54 year lease and therefore requires a lease extension. Is it possible for me to call someone to discuss my options please?
  • I own 50% in a shared ownership property with a housing association and I am considering a lease extension on a lease which is now around 71 years. I need a at my end. Can you advise please? I live near Hitchin and have a mortgage with Bank of Ireland.
  • I have a lease of seventy three years remaining on my flat in Hitchin. 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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