Sample questions relating to St Andrews Lease Extensions

  • My name´s George. I’m flat hunting in St Andrews I'm seeing a maisonette online, with around 73 years unexpired lease, how much will it likely cost to get a lease extension by, say, thirty years?
  • I am looking to extend the lease on my studio flat in St Andrews which will have 59 years left in September. What fees do you charge for this?
  • I own a maisonnette and the freehold title. The owners of the upstairs flat have asked to extend the lease what do I need to do?
  • Regarding a leasehold in St Andrews. lower maisonette. fivety five yrs unexpired. I have an agreed lease extension to £20k for 125yrs. Landlord also requested Initial Notice which I think should not be required. Can you assist.
  • My (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?
  • Even though I may not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to purchase in St Andrews. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 1000 year lease from 1854. Its the garden area.
  • I note that your website states the anticipated fee to extend a lease is £495. Is that the all inclusive cost excluding value added tax and the HMLR fee? The premium has already been negotiated with the freeholder for the lease extension for my garden flat in St Andrews
  • I'm looking at purchasing an apartment in St Andrews at a price of £256,000 the flat has something like fivety four years left on the lease. I put in an offer conditional upon the lease being renewed... .. that was back in June, hoping I'd have moved in by now. The seller has just come back saying that they are prepared to knock £5k off if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm unsure whether that's a good idea
  • My wife and I are are hoping to complete on a maisonette in St Andrews which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was starting to get low so the owner is in the process of dealing with a lease extension. The seller’s lawyer has submitted the lease extension paperwork to HMLR. A crucial aspect of the conveyancing process is for our to do a "priority search" on the lease. The problem here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our it may not be possible to do this "priority search" right now as the new lease title number is not known. Is it correct that we have to wait pending registration of the new lease?
  • I'm seeking some assistance concerning a lease extension on my apartment. I'll be looking to do this next June 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. Can you recommend a good with expertise in lease extensions. Preferably nearby in St Andrews?

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