Top Ten Questions relating to Keston Lease Extensions

  • I purchased a studio flat in Keston that I am now unable to sell due to the lease needing a lease extension. Are you able to help me with this situation ?
  • I'm about to make an offer on a house in Keston but I'm concerned about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Nationwide Building Society giving us the mortgage now?
  • I acquired a ground floor flat in Keston. The start date for the lease was in 1991 for 99 years. Now I am looking to extend the lease. I am unclear about additional expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I bought a ground floor flat in Keston. I am looking to extend lease on the property. It is around eighty one years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long the process takes.
  • I am thinking about whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Keston and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £4k to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously remortgage with Platform Home Loans Ltd to release of equity. My adviser handling the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one for the lease extension and one for outright purchase .The lease began in 1981 and since then the ground rent has increased from £25.00 per annum to £300 per annum.
  • My fiance and I have owned a leasehold flat for around fifteen years. There are fivety six years unexpired lease on the lease. Following a year of protracted negotiations through my conveyancers and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the freeholder. I am at a decision point on whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would appreciate advice.
  • We would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Keston. Is this something you can help us with?
  • My wife and I are worried about obtaining a lease extension from an objectionable freeholder. Regardless of the fact that the legal procedures were followed under the 1993 Act, the freeholder still attempted to get ground rent of £300 doubling every 25 years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my mum’s lease on a garden flat in Keston. She already has a figure from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is too high.
  • I have a lease of seventy four years remaining on my flat in Keston. 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?
  • Other Topics

    Lease Extensions in Keston

    Find out more about a accredited conveyancer's need to have CQS Policy Templates applicable for conveyancers in Keston