Common questions relating to Prescot and Knowlsey Lease Extensions

  • I’m just looking for a one bedroom first floor purpose built flat to purchase in the Prescot and Knowlsey area and was enquiring what the likely fees would be for a lease extension? It has fivety six years remaining...
  • 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?
  • I would like to have my residential flat leasehold extension premium assessed. The flat is in Prescot and Knowlsey, and my lease will reach 71 years this October. Could you advise me about the costs and time-frame to obtain your valuation? Also, do you represent your clients at the Tribunal court?
  • We invested in buying a leasehold with a landlord who has not given us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Prescot and Knowlsey and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can do for us?
  • I need to talk to you about a leasehold property in Prescot and Knowlsey, I am considering bidding at auction next month. The flat only has a few years unexpired lease and I am curious about how much it would cost to get a lease extension and for your services.
  • I am looking at buying an auction property and found a two bed flat in Prescot and Knowlsey. It only has a 49 year lease..the current owner as mortgagees in possession will not want to mess around with applying for a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this other than the costly fee to put a new lease on it and reduced chance of getting a mortgage with Clydesdale?
  • My brother and I have owned a leasehold flat for about fifteen years. There are fivety four years unexpired lease on the lease. After a year of protracted negotiations through my conveyancing practitioners and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the landlord. I am at a decision point on whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would welcome some independent thoughts.
  • We have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our studio flat in Prescot and Knowlsey. We have a sixety eight year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has supplied us with a financial figure that he is happy with to accept for the extension of the lease, which we are happy with as well and wish to proceed. All we need now is a conveyancers to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on our behalf.
  • I know that others in the same building had already had a lease extension, and the landlord was amenable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal survey and calculate the initial offer on on the prices by others . This would save on double valuation fees. Would you recommend this course of action?
  • We currently own a maisonette in Prescot and Knowlsey 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 78 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 13k plus to get a lease extension. Can you offer some advice on this? Do I contact the freeholder first and will they be able to give me a cost?
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