Top Ten Questions relating to Ickenham Lease Extensions

  • So this is the scenario: I acquired a three bedroom first floor purpose built flat in Ickenham that I am now unable to sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. Are you able to help me with this situation ?
  • We have seen a house for sale for £195k and we are very interested but we've just found out that it is leasehold. There are 928 years residual lease term so a lease extension is not a concern. 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 information would be much appreciated.
  • We are in a block of four flats in Ickenham and have been offered to buy the freehold for 7k per flat rather than go for lease extensions. We are all in agreement that we want to do this but how do we get started and what is the likely cost?
  • I am looking into the costs of carrying out a lease extension for my ground floor flat in Ickenham, and would like some figures on that.
  • 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 77 years remaining on the lease. It is also a repossession so I'm assuming that the bank will not be interested in extending the lease. My primary concern is would it be difficult to sell on without a lease extension?
  • Just been over two years that I have owned my one bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette in Ickenham. I have 72 yrs remaining on the lease. I am now looking either to purchase a share of freehold or extend my lease. I purchased the property for 342K, it is now roughly 445k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: Is there a benefit in getting a Ickenham based or any will do fine?
  • We are purchasing a three bed flat in Ickenham which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was on the short side so the seller is in the process of dealing with a lease extension. The seller 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 house buying process is for our to do a "priority search" on the property title. 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 have to hold on until the new lease is registered?
  • We currently own a garden flat in Ickenham 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 65 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 13k plus to get a lease extension. Do you have some advice on this? Should I contact the freeholder first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • We have a one bedroom apartment in Ickenham with a lease of 54 years left with a value of around £290000 we want to add 90 years to it, how much is that likely to cost?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my maisonette in Ickenham. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we need to move at some point then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the tribunal route. Can you recommend a good who specialises in lease extensions?

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