Recently asked questions relating to Kilburn Lease Extensions

  • I’m seeking a lease extension for our apartment based in Kilburn and we don't fully understand the communication that we got from our landlord company. How long will it take?
  • I'm intending to make an offer on a house in Kilburn but I'm a little worried 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 Nottingham Building Society giving us the mortgage now?
  • I am thinking about whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Kilburn and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £3k to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously refinance with Barnsley Building Society to free up equity. The adviser dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one for the lease extension and one for the freehold acquisition .The lease commenced in 1981 and since then the ground rent has increased from £25.00 per annum to £100 per annum.
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Kilburn. The lease has just seventy eight years residual lease term and ground rent is £50. Is it possible for the owner to serve the Initial Notice and then assign this right to me as the purchaser once I complete the buying process so that I can avoid waiting for the two year requisite period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is legal but will it be very time costly to the current owner? To add to the complexity it’s the case of an absent freeholder, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am thinking about purchasing an auction property and came upon a studio flat in Kilburn. It only has a 50 year lease..the vendor being mortgagees in possession will not want the aggravation of applying for a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this except for the costly fee to put a new lease on it and reduced chance of getting a mortgage with Aldermore?
  • Me and my sister are considering buying a garden flat in Kilburn which is a leasehold. I am enquiring as to the pros and cons of that - what happens when lease expires, how much it costs to extend it, can the freeholder of the property evict me from my own flat and prevent me from extending the lease?
  • I own the freehold to two flats. Someone has the lease on the garden flat in Kilburn. I live in the top flat. I was reviewing the land registry documents last night when I noticed that my flat has a lease on it. There is 56 years remaining. Is it possible to do a lease extension without using a conveyancers?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my mum’s lease on a 2 bed flat in Kilburn. She already has a price from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is too expensive.
  • I was hoping you might be able to tell me the process of how to apply for a lease extension for my garden flat in Kilburn
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my maisonette in Kilburn. 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 conveyancers who specialises in lease extensions?
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