Lease Extensions in South East London

Sample questions relating to South East London Lease Extensions

20,000 agreed with the landlord, just seeking to find a South East London for a lease extension. Our flat has roughly sixety two yearsoutstanding. What's your legal fee ?

My wife has a flat in South East London which we have just put on the market. The leasehold has slightly more than sixety years residual lease term on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. I am after more information on how we get started on a lease extension? Thank you.

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'm looking for an apartment to buy in South East London and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold arrangement. I've identified a place I like with a 87 years lease. I've read that I can apply for a lease extension having owned the property for a couple of years, but:- Is this a given?

I am looking at bidding for an auction property and found a studio flat in South East London. It has just 50 year lease..the current owner being mortgagees in possession dont want the aggravation of negotiating a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this except for the expensive fee to put a new lease on it and reduced chance of obtaining a mortgage with Britannia?

I intend to buy a one bed flat in South East London for asking price of 125k, which has 72 years lease left on it. Seller doesn't want to extend the lease for even if I were to pay the money to the seller. My query is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of surveyor, how lengthy and difficult is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

My dad has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in South East London. House split into three flats. He has a lease, which has about seventy two years remaining. Does he have to do the lease extension at the same time with the other tenants, or could he extend the lease on his own?

I note that your website states the likely fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the total cost excluding value added tax and the land registry fee? The price has already been negotiated with the freeholder for the lease extension for my one bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette in South East London

I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in South East London as it is coming up to the 80 year mark. As I understood it, if you extend your lease by the 90 years available, you pay a premium (£thousands) but the ground rent is reduced to a peppercorn. I am now told that I have to continue paying ground rent. I thought the major cost of a lease extension was to compensate the freeholder as they wouldn't be collecting ground rent anymore?

I was hoping you might be able to tell me the process of how to apply for a lease extension for my one bed flat in South East London

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