Questions and Answers: Shenstone Lease Extensions

  • So this is the scenario: I inherited a 2 bed apartment in Shenstone that I am finding difficult to sell due to the lease needing a lease extension. How long will it take ?
  • I own a leasehold flat in the Shenstone area and was enquiring if I could obtain a lease extension. What are your processes and charges. Has 72 years outstanding
  • Hello. I need a property lawyers to have a look at my lease extension ahead of it being signed just to make sure there's nothing that I haven't seen - it's just a surrender and regrant with a few minor amendments.
  • I inherited a one bedroom apartment located in Shenstone with a leasehold unexpired of 66 years. I am enquiring about how much I will need to spend to extend my lease
  • I am about to put an offer in on a one bedroom apartment in Shenstone with a lease of 79 years but unsure what it will cost me to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • I would like to have my residential flat leasehold extension premium assessed. The flat is in Shenstone, and my lease will reach 79 years this January. Could you advise me about the costs and time-frame to obtain an appraisal? Also, do you represent your clients at the Tribunal court?
  • I am a freeholder of a block of flats in Shenstone, and the lessees are in the process of being issued lease extensions. I should hopefully get the money next month. Are there any tax implications, the property is in joint names with my partner ?
  • My conveyancers (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • We are worried about getting a lease extension from an objectionable freeholder. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still attempted to charge ground rent of £200 doubling every 25 years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • I have a lease of seventy five years remaining on my flat in Shenstone. 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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