Frequently asked questions relating to Longton Lease Extensions

  • Hi, I just randomly found your website. I'm looking for prices on what a lease extension will cost for a ground floor flat in Longton. It's on sale at the moment but has nearon 77 years left on the lease
  • I have got a leasehold flat in the Longton area and was wondering if I could obtain a lease extension. What are your processes and charges. Has 78 years residual lease term
  • I have been in touch with my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Longton. His solicitors has been in contact with costs etc. I need an estimate for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The property currently has a 99 YR lease which started July 1990.
  • I am deliberating whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Longton and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £2500 to extend the lease. I will be doing a refinance with The Mortgage Works to free up equity. The broker handling the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one to extend the lease and one for the freehold acquisition .The lease started in 1979 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £15.00 per year to £300 per year.
  • I am looking at buying an auction property and came upon a studio flat in Longton. It only has a 41 year lease..the current owner as mortgagees in possession will not want the aggravation of negotiating a lease extension..what are the disadvantages of this except for the costly fee to put a new lease on it and decreased chance of obtaining a mortgage with Barnsley Building Society?
  • We have a leasehold flat in Longton with 72 years left. Last year we were quoted a deal to receive a lease extension for another thirty years but also uplift the ground rent from nominal to a little more..plus a premium I think of about 9k. We have now decided to proceed but do we now have to renegotiate?
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in Longton for asking price of 156k, which has sixety eight years lease left on it. I appreciate that ideally, the seller would start the process by serving a section 42 notice to start the lease extension process but the seller is refusing to assist. My query is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of surveyor, how lengthy and difficult is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • I own 60% in a shared ownership property with a housing association and I am considering a lease extension on a lease which is now around 69 years. I need a conveyancing practitioners at my end. Can you advise please? I live near Longton and have a mortgage with HSBC Bank.
  • Although I do not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to purchase in Longton. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 1000 year lease from 1854. Its the garden area.
  • My and my fiance are worried about getting a lease extension from an objectionable landlord. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were adhered to under the 1993 Act, the freeholder still tried to get ground rent of £300 increasing by 100% every twenty five years of the new term. Can you help?
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