Top Ten Questions relating to Putney Heath Lease Extensions

  • My name´s Benjamin. I’m house hunting in Putney Heath I'm seeing a studio flat online, with approximately sixety two years left, how much will it likely cost to extend in this area by, say, twenty years?
  • I am interested in getting a lease extension for a flat in Putney Heath and want to use a local conveyancers. Is there a solicitors that you can recommend?
  • In 2012 I purchased a leasehold flat in Putney Heath. I have built a large extension and have not informed my freeholder. What are my options?
  • I will soon view a one bedroom maisonette, although not exactly my dream property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present situation. However after downloading a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has seventy five years remaining on the lease. It is also a repossession so I'm assuming that the vendor will not be interested in extending the lease. My primary concern is would the short lease make it difficult to secure a mortgage?
  • Offer accepted on a a maisonette in Putney Heath, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease had over 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer sent through which states the lease as eighty years.Contracts were due to be exchanged in a couple of days. My query is Should I tell the seller that I will only proceed with the purchase (at the same price) on the condition they carry out a lease extension?
  • I'm intent on buying a flat in Putney Heath at a price of £195,000 the flat has approaching sixety seven years remaining on the lease. I put in an offer subject to a lease extension... .. that was back in September, hoping I'd have moved in before Christmas. They have just informed the agent they are willing to knock £4k off if I deal with the lease extension myself. I'm not sure if I should take them up on the offer
  • My brother and I are hoping to buy a flat (a one bedroom ground floor purpose built maisonette located inPutney Heath with share of freehold). Throughout our search, we were always looking at apartments that had a minimum eighty five years balance left. We came across a apartment we fell in love with and the estate agent promised us that the lease term was not an issue. Yesterday our conveyancing practitioners advised us the lease only has 66 years and thus requires a lease extension. Do we run away, or do we negotiate our offer?
  • I have 69 years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Putney Heath, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is too high
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my studio flat in Putney Heath
  • I have a lease of 65 years remaining on my flat in Putney Heath. We are looking for a lease extension, so we contacted our freehold company and they came back with a quote that was double the amount and half the extension time that the lease extension calculator provided. Is there anyway, without racking up a huge legal bill, we can ask the freehold company to provide their computation of the amount and how they derived to it?
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