Sample questions relating to Langley Lease Extensions

  • I purchased a garden flat in Langley that I now cannot sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • I'm planning to make an offer on a house in Langley but I'm a little worried about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Nottingham Building Society giving us the mortgage now?
  • I bought a one bedroom apartment in Langley. The start date for the lease was in 1992 for 99 years. Now I am looking to extend the lease. I am in the dark about further expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • We are in a block made up four flats in Langley and have been offered to buy the freehold for £5000 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?
  • Offer accepted on a a garden flat in Langley, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease was in excess of 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer come through which states the lease as 82 years.Contracts were due to be exchanged within a week. My query is why has this only just come to my attention by my ?
  • 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'm living at mum and dad but have a maisonette in Langley let out which has a sixety three 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 Langley 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. Should I keep or sell the flat?
  • Hello I own the freehold interest in a 3 bedroom flat in Langley. The leaseholder has a seventy year lease and would like to purchase an additional 90 years. He is offering me £21,000 but I am not sure if this is in the right ballpark
  • I'm looking at purchasing an apartment in Langley valued at £210,000 the flat has something like sixety seven years remaining on the lease. My offer was conditional upon a lease extension... .. that was back in September, hoping I'd have moved in by Christmas. They have just come back saying that they are prepared to reduce the price by£8k if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm unsure if I should take them up on the offer
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my 2 bed flat in Langley
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