Questions and Answers: North Woolwich Lease Extensions

  • My husband and I have just bought a ground floor flat based inNorth Woolwich and I'm considering extending the lease as soon as I can e.g. in two years
  • I inherited a flat in North Woolwich with a leasehold unexpired circa sixety six years and need a lease extension. Please can you clarify the next stages
  • I want to acquire a leasehold property and extend the lease. The owner has been there for four years and will sign the notice. He will let me have the notice on exchange and then I will serve it in the landlord. Is this OK ?
  • I have contacted my freeholder for a lease extension for my flat in North Woolwich. Her has been in contact with costs 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 January 1985.
  • I'm considering purchasing a one bed flat (leasehold) but the freeholder has been absent for just over 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be less expensive to try to acquire the reversionary title or to extend lease and apply for RTM?
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in North Woolwich for asking price of 156k, which has 57 years lease left on it. Seller doesn't want to extend the lease for even if I were to pay the money to the seller. My question is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of a valuer, how lengthy and easy is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • I own the freehold reversion of a property in North Woolwich where the leaseholder has requested a lease extension. Her valuer has provided a figure of £8,000, but has upped this by £2,000 without too much effort. My valuer has come back with £12,520. She does not appear to wish to negotiate wanting to go to LVT. If a lease extension does go to a FTT, can I handle the matter myself, just armed with the valuations I have? If not, what fee would I be likely to face?
  • We currently own a garden flat in North Woolwich 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 73 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 15k plus to get a lease extension. Do you have some advice on this? Do I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I was hoping you might be able to tell me the process of how to apply for a lease extension for my one bedroom apartment in North Woolwich
  • We have a one bedroom apartment in North Woolwich with a lease of 63 years left with a value of around £370000 we want to add 125 years to it, how much is that likely to cost?

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