Recently asked questions relating to Holmfirth Lease Extensions

  • My husband agreed with the landlord to a lease extension on our flat in Holmfirth, 18.5k for an extension by 90yrs. How long will it take ?
  • I am looking for a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I would like to buy. It has 76 years left.
  • We have seen a house for sale for £185,000 and we are very keen on but we've just found out that it is leasehold. There are 899 years unexpired so a lease extension is not required. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this correct? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for twenty years without the house being ours. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
  • The intention is to sell our one bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette in Holmfirth but we may require a lease extension, or possibly cover the expense of our buyers. Are you able to suggest a lawyers to handle this?
  • I'm deliberating over buying a garden flat (leasehold) but the landlord has been absent for circa 15yrs. My question is would it be less expensive to try to purchase the reversionary title or to get a lease extension and apply for right to manage?
  • I have a share of the freehold. There are four apartments in the house. All the leaseholders are now requiring lease extensions. Are you able to help us with this situation?
  • Offer accepted on a a two bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette in Holmfirth, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease had over 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer sent through which states the lease as 85 years.We are soon to exchange contracts within a week. My query is Should I tell the homeowner that I will only proceed with the purchase (at the same price) on the condition they carry out a lease extension?
  • I am the registered freeholder to two flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in Holmfirth. I live in the top flat. I was looking at the title deeds last night when I noticed that my flat is leasehold. There is 62 years outstanding. If I want a lease extension then would I simply be paying for the solicitors costs?
  • We currently own a 2 bed flat in Holmfirth and are looking to sell it this year so we can carry out some improvements on our family home. I checked the lease and it has sixety three years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 15k plus to get a lease extension. Can you offer some advice on this? Should I contact the freeholder first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I have a lease of seventy two years remaining on my flat in Holmfirth. 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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