Sample questions relating to Messingham Lease Extensions

  • I'm planning to make an offer on a house in Messingham 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 Birmingham Midshires giving us the mortgage now?
  • I have been in touch with my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Messingham. Her has been in contact with charges etc. I need a ball park figure for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The property currently has a 99 YR lease which started December 1985.
  • I am concerned that my niece is being hoodwinked. She submitted an offer on a garden flat in Messingham, where the lease is approximately seventy eight years but she was told by the estate agents that the vendor had extended it to 99 years. Only now has she been informed the flat owner was waiting for her to appoint conveyancers before commencing with the lease extension. Seems devious, also it could take time to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • My mortgage provider is requesting a £500 fee for their to approve the lease extension deed for my flat in Messingham... I can find no reference of this in my mortgage literature... is this a normal charge?
  • My husband and I have owned a leasehold flat for approximately eighteen years. It now has seventy four years left on the lease. After a year of difficult negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the freeholder. I am at a decision point on whether to accept it or go to LVT and would welcome advice.
  • If somebody owns a flat with a lease of less than 80 years, they can afford the lease extension by borrowing the funds against the property, and the value of the flat with the new lease will more than cover the cost of the extension, then is there any justification for not extending the lease?
  • I require an estimate to extend my mother’s lease on a one bed flat in Messingham. She recently got a figure from the landlord for a lease extension but I am not sure it is too high.
  • We currently own a studio flat in Messingham and are looking to sell it this year so we can carry out some improvements on our family home. I checked the lease and it has fivety eight years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 13k plus to get a lease extension. Can you offer some advice on this? Should I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I have sixety two years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Messingham, the Landlord requires a £18k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is reasonable
  • We have a garden flat in Messingham with a lease of fivety seven years left with a value of around £290000 we want to add 125 years to it, how much is that likely to cost?

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