Examples of recent questions relating to Lease Extensions in Norbiton

  • I acquired a flat in Norbiton with a leasehold unexpired slightly more than 62 years and need to extend it. Please can you advise me of the next steps
  • I'm about to make an offer on a house in Norbiton but I'm concerned 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 Britannia giving us the mortgage now?
  • This flat I have in mind requires only ground rent. Long lease so no lease extension required. I have asked the estate agents as to what happens to building insurance and responsibility for communal areas and if one of the two flats which make up the property wants to make alterations.They said they did not know. I cannot see how one could get buildings insurance for the whole building shared with another flat, either downstairs or upstairs. I do need to clarify things like this before I undertake all the expenses involved in purchasing a property I feel. Do freeholders actually supply their own insurance?
  • My mortgage provider is requesting several hundred pounds for their for a "deed of substituted security" for the lease extension for my flat in Norbiton... I am unable to find any reference of this in my mortgage booklet... is this a standard cost that they charge?
  • Re a property in Norbiton. lower maisonette. 76 yrs remaining. I have negotiated a lease extension price of £12,000 for 125yrs. Freeholder also insisted on Notice of Claim which I think should not be required. Advice required.
  • I own a share of the freehold. There are five apartments in the block. All the leaseholders are now seeking lease extensions. What are the timescales to grant a lease extension?
  • Even though I may not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to buy in Norbiton. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 995 year lease from 1895. Its the rear garden.
  • I note that your website states the anticipated fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the total cost excluding vat and the land registry fee? The premium has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my one bedroom apartment in Norbiton
  • We have a ground floor flat in Norbiton with a lease of seventy one years left with a value of around £370000 we want to add 125 years to it, how much is that likely to cost?
  • I have a lease of 59 years remaining on my flat in Norbiton. We are looking for a lease extension, so we contacted our freehold company and they came back with a quote that was double the amount and half the extension time that the lease extension calculator provided. Is there anyway, without racking up a huge legal bill, we can ask the freehold company to provide their computation of the amount and how they derived to it?
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