Top Ten Questions relating to Ramsbottom Lease Extensions

  • We have seen a house for sale for £185,000 and we are very interested but we've just discovered that it is leasehold. There are 798 years residual lease term so a lease extension is not required. 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 25 years without owning the property. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
  • I'm considering purchasing a one bed flat (leasehold) but the landlord has been absent for nearly 15yrs. My question is would it be cheaper to try to buy the freehold or to extend lease and apply for RTM?
  • My neighbours and I are in a block made up three flats in Ramsbottom and have been offered to buy the freehold for £3,500 per flat rather than go for lease extensions. We are all in agreement that we want to do this but how do we get started and what is the likely cost?
  • I'm looking for a flat to purchase in Ramsbottom and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold tenure. I've identified a maisonette I like with a 82 years lease. My research reveals that I can apply for a lease extension after a couple of years, but:- Should I be looking at some conditions that would prevent me for getting a lease extension?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Ramsbottom. The lease has only seventy years remaining and ground rent is £25. Is it possible for the homeowner to serve the Section 42 Notice and then assign over the right to me as the purchaser on the day of completion so that I can avoid waiting for the 2 year qualifying period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is legal but will it be very time consuming to the current owner? To add to the complexity the freeholder can not be found, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • Are you able to advise on the likely charges and the optimum way to get a lease extension started? I have slightly more than sixety two years unexpired lease and I own a three bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette in Ramsbottom.
  • Re a residence in Ramsbottom. GFF maisonette. sixety nine yrs left. I have negotiated a lease extension price of £14k for 135yrs. Freeholder also insisted on Section 42 Notice which I think should not be required. Can you assist.
  • My leasehold flat in Ramsbottom is up for sale and I have a hopefully firm offer. There is 82 years to run on the lease and I want to extend the lease. How much will it likely cost to extend in this location by, say,twenty years
  • Coming up to two years that I have been in my studio flat in Ramsbottom. I have sixety six years unexpired lease on the lease. I am now looking either to buy a share of freehold or extend my lease. I purchased the property for 320K, it is now roughly 425k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my conveyancers about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: I realize this will cost me 10k+, it is not easy to drop the cash (even if I may have savings) to cover it. What do most people do in terms of funding the lease extension - do they add it to their existing mortgage or pay it out in cash?
  • I'm hoping for some help with regard to extending the lease on my maisonette. The plan is to do this next winter as we have to move then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the tribunal route. Do I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?
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