Top Ten Questions relating to Sandringham Lease Extensions

  • My OH and I have just completed on a two bedroom second floor purpose built flat based inSandringham and I'm considering a lease extension as soon as practicable e.g. in 24 months of ownership
  • I bought a flat in Sandringham with a leasehold unexpired just under sixety five years and need a lease extension. Please can you advise me of the next stages
  • My wife has an apartment located in Sandringham which we are about to put on the market. The leasehold has slightly more than fivety nine years balance left on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. Can you please assist on how we commence arranging a lease extension? Many thanks.
  • I'm deliberating over purchasing a three bedroom ground floor purpose built flat (leasehold) but the landlord has been absent for about 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be cheaper to try to purchase the freehold or to get a lease extension and apply for RTM?
  • In 2012 I purchased a leasehold apartment in Sandringham. I have built a big extension and have not informed my freeholder. What should I do?
  • My mortgage lender requires a £500 fee for their to agree a lease extension for my flat in Sandringham... I can find no mention of this in my mortgage guide... is this a standard charge?
  • I am looking at acquiring an auction property and found a two bed flat in Sandringham. It has just 50 year lease..the current owner as mortgagees in possession will not want the aggravation of seeking a lease extension..what are the disadvantages of this other than the costly fee to extend the lease and decreased chance of getting a mortgage with Chelsea Building Society?
  • We are looking to extend our lease having owned the flat for two years as of 22nd March 2015. It has circa fivety five years remaining currently. Hoping to get a lease extension by another 90 years as expeditiously and stress free as possible.
  • Offer accepted on a a maisonette in Sandringham, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease had over 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer come through which states the lease as 82 years.Contracts were due to be exchanged within a week. My query is Is it not odd that my failed to spot this far earlier than just before exchange?
  • We have owned a leasehold flat for about eighteen years. It now has 74 years remaining on the lease. Following a year of protracted negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the freeholder. I now have to make a decision as to whether to accept it or go to LVT and would appreciate advice.

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