Frequently asked questions relating to Oakhill Lease Extensions

  • I am fairly sure that our property lawyers has advised us incorrectly concerning a lease extension and I want to find out how to complain
  • I am looking into the costs of carrying out a lease extension for my GFF in Oakhill, and would like some figures on that.
  • I'm looking for an apartment to buy in Oakhill and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold tenure. I've found a place I like with a 87 years lease. I've read that I can go for a lease extension having owned the property for 2 years, but:- Is this a given?
  • I would like to know the likely expense and the best way to start the lease extension process? I have nearon sixety seven years left and I own a studio flat in Oakhill.
  • I have my suspicions that my daughter might have had the wool pulled over her eyes. She submitted an offer on a studio flat in Oakhill, where the lease is nearly seventy four years but she was advised by the estate agents that the flat owner had extended it to 125 years. She has now been told the vendor was holding off for her to appoint conveyancers prior to commencing with the lease extension. Sounds unscrupulous, also it could take time to sort it all out. Am I reading too much into it?
  • We have a first floor flat in Oakhill with 72 years remaining. Ten months ago we were quoted a deal to grant a lease extension for another 25 years but also uplift the ground rent from nominal to a little more..plus a premium I think of approximately 9k. Finally we have decided to move forward but do we now have to renegotiate?
  • Me and my husband are considering buying a three bed flat in Oakhill which is a leasehold. I am wanting to weigh up the pros and cons of that - what occurs when lease expires, how much it costs to extend it, can the freeholder of the property evict me from my own flat and block me from extending the lease?
  • I intend to buy a one bed flat in Oakhill for asking price of 125k, which has seventy seven 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 a valuer, how lengthy and easy is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • I own 60% in a shared ownership flat with a housing association and I am considering a lease extension on a lease which is now around 76 years. I need a conveyancing practitioners at my end. Can you advise please? I live near Oakhill and have a mortgage with Alliance & Leicester .
  • I note that your website states the likely fee for dealing with a lease extension is £495. Is that the all inclusive cost including vat and the HMLR fee? The premium has already been negotiated with the freeholder for the lease extension for my studio flat in Oakhill
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