Questions and Answers: Longfield Lease Extensions

  • My name´s Stanley. I’m house hunting in Longfield I'm seeing a garden flat online, with around sixety one years remaining, how much does it cost on average to extend in this area by, say, 25 years?
  • I am fairly sure that our solicitors has advised us incorrectly concerning a lease extension and I want to know how to go about making a formal complaint
  • I'm about to make an offer on a house in Longfield 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 HSBC Bank giving us the mortgage now?
  • Hello. I need someone to have a look at my lease extension before it's completed just to make sure there's nothing that I haven't seen - it's just a reissue with a few small changes.
  • I would like to have my residential flat leasehold extension premium valued. The flat is in Longfield, and my lease will reach 62 years this May. Could you advise me about the costs and time-frame to obtain your valuation? Also, do you represent your clients at the Tribunal court?
  • I plan on buying a flat in Longfield. My offer is conditional upon a lease extension. The owner’s conveyancers has given to the freeholder the Notice of Claim. Once this notice has been accepted by the freeholder, it is possible for the lessee to assign the benefit of that notice to me, the buyer, so that the buyer “stands in the shoes” of the Lessee, so to speak. I was wondering if this could be a problem for the mortgage lender Santander. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • I am looking to either purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Longfield and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £4k to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously get a new mortgage with Barnsley Building Society to release of equity. My broker handling the remortgage suggested I get two estimates : one to extend the lease and one for outright purchase .The lease started in 1981 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £38.00 per annum to £300 per annum.
  • How much will I need to spend and what is the best way to start the lease extension process? I have roughly 65 years unexpired lease on my lease on a ground floor flat in Longfield. I have called the managing agents who represent the head landlord and they provided me with the number of the valuer. I telephone the surveyor but I am not getting any kind of answer.
  • I am the freeholder of a property in Longfield and a leaseholder would like a lease extension. Her so called valuation expert has given a figure of £8,000, but has upped this to £10,000 without too much effort. My valuer has come back with £12,520. Negotiations have broken down so it looks at though we need to go to LVT. If a lease extension does go to a FTT, can I deal with this myself, just armed with the valuations I have? If not, what costs would I be likely to incur?
  • I have sixety six years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Longfield, the Landlord requires a £25k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is too high
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