FAQs concerning Oxted Lease Extensions

  • I am looking for a lease extension on the lease on my garden flat in Oxted which will have seventy years left in June. What fees do you charge for this?
  • We have seen a house for sale for £215k and we are very keen on but we've just found out that it is leasehold. There are 928 years unexpired so a lease extension is not a worry. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this correct? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for twenty years without owning the property. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
  • I'm thinking of buying a garden flat (leasehold) but the landlord has been missing for around 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be less expensive to try to acquire the reversionary title or to extend lease and apply for RTM?
  • What will I need to spend and what is the best way to get a lease extension started? I have nearon seventy years outstanding on my lease on a ground floor flat in Oxted. I have contacted the managing agents who act on behalf of the freeholder and they gave me the number of the valuer. I telephone the valuer but I am not getting any returned calls.
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in Oxted for asking price of 156k, which has fivety five 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 question is: If the freeholder 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 am the freeholder of a 1930’s property split into two apartments. I live in the upper flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current sixety seven years. What are my next steps?
  • I am the registered freeholder to two flats. Someone has the lease on the garden flat in Oxted. I occupy in the upper flat. I was looking at the title deeds yesterday when I noticed that my flat has a lease on it. There is sixety three years outstanding. If I want a lease extension then would I just be paying for the conveyancing practitioners costs?
  • We are worried about obtaining a lease extension from tricky landlord. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the freeholder still attempted to get ground rent of £200 doubling every twenty years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • I know that others in the same block had already had a lease extension, and the freeholder seemed amenable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal valuation and calculate the initial offer on previous premiums paid . This would save on double valuation charges. Would you suggest this course of action?
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my garden flat in Oxted
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