Top Ten Questions relating to Leyton Lease Extensions

  • 35k agreed with the landlord’s agents, just attempting to find a Leyton for a lease extension. Our lease has approximately 70 yearsoutstanding. How long will this take ?
  • Me and my husband have just bought a one bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette inLeyton and I'm deliberating extending the lease as soon as practicable e.g. after 24 months of ownership
  • I just completed on a property in Leyton and it has just under 64 years remaining. I'd like to arrange a lease extension by twenty years
  • I have been in touch with my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Leyton. His has been in contact regarding fees etc. I need a quote for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The property currently has a 99 YR lease which started December 1985.
  • I am looking into the costs of carrying out a lease extension for my studio flat in Leyton, and would like some figures on that.
  • Is it possible to talk with you about a flat in Leyton, I am thinking of bidding at auction next week. The flat only has a few years outstanding and I was wondering about what it would cost to get a lease extension and for your services.
  • I am looking at bidding for an auction property and came upon a two bed flat in Leyton. It only has a 41 year lease..the seller as mortgagees in possession will not want to mess around with seeking a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this other than the huge fee to put a new lease on it and reduced chance of getting a mortgage with TSB?
  • Me and my husband have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our two bedroom ground floor purpose built maisonette in Leyton. We have a sixety one year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has supplied us with a financial figure that she is happy with to accept for the extension of the lease, which we are happy with as well and wish to proceed. All we need now is a to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on our behalf.
  • It says on your website the likely fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the total cost including vat and the land registry fee? The price has already been negotiated with the freeholder for the lease extension for my garden flat in Leyton
  • My OH and I are buying a garden flat in Leyton which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was on the short side so the vendor is in the process of dealing with a lease extension. The owner has submitted the lease extension paperwork which will result in the registration of a new lease at the land registry. A crucial aspect of the conveyancing process is for our to do a "priority search" on the lease. The problem here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our it may not be possible to do this "priority search" right now as the new property title number is not known. Is it right that we have to be patient until the lease extension has actually been registered before completing.?

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