Top Ten Questions relating to Kingsdown Lease Extensions

  • I am considering investing in a holiday home but it has a lease that expires in eighteen years. Its in Kingsdown - I wanted to see if with your services it is possible for this to be extended?
  • I am interested in getting a lease extension for a flat in Kingsdown and want to use a local . Is there a that you can recommend?
  • I own a maisonnette and the freehold of both flats. My downstairs neighbours have asked to extend the lease what do I need to do?
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Kingsdown. The lease has only sixety seven years left and ground rent is £75. Is it possible for the vendor to serve the Notice of Claim and then transfer over the right to me as the buyer on the day of completion so that I can avoid waiting for the 2 year qualifying period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this may be possible 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 does it work.
  • I am concerned that my niece is being hoodwinked. She put in an offer on a garden flat in Kingsdown, where the lease is approximately sixety nine years but she was advised by the selling agents that the flat owner had extended it to 125 years. She has now been told the seller was waiting for her to appoint lawyers before commencing with the lease extension. Seems underhand, also it could take time to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • I am the owner of a purpose-built apartment based in a large block in Kingsdown. The leasehold interest in the apartment on a ninety five year lease started on 30th August 1969 with a set ground rent of £10 per annum. I wish to obtain a lease extension. Can I call someone to go through my options please?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • I note that your website states the anticipated fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the all inclusive cost excluding vat and the HMLR fee? The premium has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my garden flat in Kingsdown
  • My wife and I are hoping to purchase a flat (a maisonette located inKingsdown with share of freehold). During our search, we were always looking at properties that had a minimum 84 years residual lease term. We found a place we liked and the selling agent assured that the lease was long albeit not specifying a number. Today our told us the lease only has fivety six years and therefore needs a lease extension. Should we run away, or should we reduce our offer?
  • I have a lease of 54 years remaining on my flat in Kingsdown. 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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