FAQs concerning Kirkby Stephen Lease Extensions

  • I purchased a maisonette in Kirkby Stephen. The start date for the lease was in 1991 for 99 years. Now I am wanting to extend the lease. I am uncertain about additional expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I'm planning on buying a three bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette (leasehold) but the freeholder has been missing for around 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be less expensive to try to acquire the freehold or to get a lease extension and apply for right to manage?
  • I need to talk to you about an apartment in Kirkby Stephen, I am thinking of buying at auction next week. The flat only has a few years left and I am curious about what it would cost to get a lease extension and for your services.
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Kirkby Stephen. The lease has just 66 years remaining and ground rent is £25. Is it possible for the owner to serve the Notice of Claim and then assign this right to me as the purchaser once I complete the buying process so that I don't have to wait for the 2 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 may be possible but will it be very time consuming to the vendor? To add to the complexity it’s the case of an absent landlord, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am hoping to extend the lease on my one bedroom apartment in Kirkby Stephen I am looking for help to verify the premium. I have a quote from the freeholder. I would like to go forward as soon as possible, but for the right premium and fee.
  • I note that your website states the anticipated fee for dealing with a lease extension is £495. Is that the total cost including value added tax and the HMLR fee? The premium has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my one bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Kirkby Stephen
  • My and my husband know that others in the same block had already had a lease extension, and the freeholder seemed amenable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal valuation and calculate the initial offer on on the premiums paid by others . This would save on double valuation fees. Would you suggest such a course of action?
  • I am currently in the process of remortgaging my studio flat in Kirkby Stephen and the mortgage company that I am looking to switch to needs at least 80 years on the leasehold of my property in order for them to progress matters. I have found that I currently have around 75 years on the leasehold so looking for some help, guidance, and some quotes to get the wheels in motion for a lease extension
  • We currently own a studio flat in Kirkby Stephen 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 56 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 20k plus to get a lease extension. Do you have some advice on this? Do I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my garden flat in Kirkby Stephen. 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. Should I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?

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