Questions and Answers: Plaistow Lease Extensions

  • I am looking for a lease extension on the lease on my garden flat in Plaistow which will have fivety five years remaining in September. What fees do you charge for this?
  • I am looking for a conveyancers in Plaistow and they need to be on the Britannia approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and refinance simultaneously. Are you able to recommend a conveyancers ?
  • I bought a maisonette in Plaistow. The lease commenced in 1997 for 99 years. Now I am wanting to extend the lease. I am not entirely sure about further expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I'm planning on purchasing a maisonette (leasehold) but the freeholder has been absent for around 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be less expensive to try to buy the freehold or to get a lease extension and apply for RTM?
  • Last year I purchased a leasehold apartment in Plaistow. I have built a large extension and have not informed my freeholder. What should I do?
  • I'm looking for an apartment to buy in Plaistow and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold title. I've identified a maisonette I like with a 91 years lease. My research reveals that I can apply for a lease extension having owned the property for a couple of years, but:- Is this a given?
  • My leasehold flat in Plaistow is up for sale and I have a hopefully firm offer. There is eighty one years remaining on the lease and I want to extend the lease. How much does it cost on average to get a lease extension by, say,twenty years
  • 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 seventy three years. I need a solicitors at my end. Can you advise please? I live near Plaistow and have a mortgage with Accord Mortgages Ltd.
  • I'm living at parents but have a ground floor flat in Plaistow let out which has a sixety one year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in Plaistow for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 21k. Not sure sure whether to hold on or sell the flat?
  • We currently own a one bedroom apartment in Plaistow 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 55 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. Can you offer some advice on this? Do I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?

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