Sample questions relating to Kirkstall Lease Extensions

  • Me and my husband have just acquired a maisonette inKirkstall and I'm thinking about extending the lease as soon as I can e.g. in 24 months of ownership
  • Do you only advise on lease extensions in Kirkstall? I own a flat in Abbey Wood with 90 years unexpired lease, I am looking for a quote from a lawyers.
  • I own a maisonnette and the freehold. My upstairs neighbours have asked for a lease extension what do I need to do?
  • We hope to sell our two bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Kirkstall but we may need a lease extension, or possibly cover the costs of our buyers. Are you able to recommend a solicitors to undertake the legal formalities?
  • My co-lessees and I are in a building of three flats in Kirkstall 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?
  • My mortgage lender requires a £600 fee for their lawyers for a "deed of substituted security" for the lease extension for my flat in Kirkstall... I am unable to find any mention of this in my mortgage booklet... is this a normal fee to pay?
  • My conveyancers (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?
  • Coming up to two years that I have been in my studio flat in Kirkstall. I have sixety two years remaining on the lease. I am now looking either to purchase a share of freehold or a lease extension. I purchased the property for 350K, it is now roughly 445k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my conveyancing practitioners about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: I realize this will cost me 10k+, it is not easy to drop the cash (even if I may have savings) to cover it. What do most people do in terms of financing - do they add it to their existing mortgage or pay it out in cash?
  • I do not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to acquire in Kirkstall. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 995 year lease from 1889. Its the rear garden.
  • My husband and I are are hoping to complete on a studio flat in Kirkstall which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was on the short side so the seller commenced dealing with a lease extension. The vendor has submitted the lease extension paperwork to HMLR. An essential part of the house buying process is for our property lawyers to do OS1 search on the property title. The concern here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our property lawyers 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 wait pending registration of the new lease?
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