Questions and Answers: Laindon Lease Extensions

  • So this is the scenario: I inherited a maisonette in Laindon that I am now unable to sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. How long will it take ?
  • I inherited a flat in Laindon with a leasehold unexpired nearly 60 years and need a lease extension. Please can you clarify the next steps
  • We have seen a house for sale for £185,000 and we are very interested but we've just discovered that it is leasehold. There are 899 years outstanding so a lease extension is not an issue. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this true? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for twenty years without owning the property. Any advice would be much appreciated.
  • I am about to put an offer in on a ground floor flat in Laindon with a lease of 64 years but unsure what it will cost me to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • I am the owner of a maisonnette together with the freehold of both flats. My upstairs neighbours have asked to extend the lease what do I need to do?
  • We inherited a leasehold with a landlord who has not given us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Laindon and are therefore considering the option of a vesting order. Is this something you can help us with?
  • 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?
  • My nephew has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Laindon. House split into three flats. He has a lease, which has roughly 60 years left. Does he have to do the lease extension at the same time with the other tenants, or could he extend the lease on his own?
  • It says on your website the likely fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the all inclusive cost excluding value added tax and the land registry fee? The price has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my garden flat in Laindon
  • I have fivety seven years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Laindon, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is too high

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