Frequently asked questions relating to Knebworth Lease Extensions

  • I'm deliberating over purchasing a garden flat (leasehold) but the freeholder has been absent for circa 15yrs. My query is would it be less expensive to try to acquire the freehold or to get a lease extension and apply for right to manage?
  • Think I may have made a mistake, I am seeking a in Knebworth who has Leasehold Tribunal expertise in relation to lease extensions. Are you able to help me with?
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in Knebworth for asking price of 125k, which has sixety nine years lease left on it. Seller doesn't want to extend the lease for even if I were to pay the money to the seller. My question is: If the freeholder does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of a valuer, how lengthy and easy is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • We have owned a leasehold flat for around eighteen years. There are 67 years unexpired lease on the lease. Following a year of protracted negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the landlord. I now have to make a decision as to whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would welcome some independent thoughts.
  • I own 70% in a shared ownership flat with a housing association and I am considering a lease extension on a lease which is now around seventy seven years. I need a at my end. Can you advise please? I live near Knebworth and have a mortgage with Lloyds TSB Bank.
  • I'm living with my parents but have a garden flat in Knebworth let out which has a 78 year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in Knebworth for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 21k. Not sure sure whether to hold on or sell the flat?
  • Although I do not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to acquire in Knebworth. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 1000 year lease from 1854. Its the garden area.
  • I have a flat in Knebworth with fivety seven years remaining on the lease. I am looking for a to act for me to obtain a lease extension. Can you assist?
  • I own the freehold of a couple of flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in Knebworth. I live in the upper flat. I was looking at the title deeds today when I noticed that my flat has a lease on it. There is seventy five years left on the lease. If I want a lease extension then would I just be paying for the fees?
  • My brother is worried about getting a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still tried to get ground rent of £250 increasing by 100% every twenty years of the new term. Can you help?
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