Top Ten Questions relating to St Anns Lease Extensions

  • I am looking for a lease extension on the lease on my garden flat in St Anns which will have sixety six years outstanding in June. What fees do you charge for this?
  • I am looking for a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I intend to purchase. It has 54 years unexpired.
  • Hello. I need someone to review my lease extension before it's completed just to ensure there's nothing that I haven't seen - it's just a surrender and regrant with a few minor amendments.
  • I'm looking for an apartment to purchase in St Anns and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold concept. I've identified a garden flat I like with a 90 years lease. I've read that I can apply for a lease extension after 2 years, but:- Should I anticipate any issue with the mortgage?
  • I will soon view a one bedroom maisonette, although not exactly my perfect property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present situation. However after downloading a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has 71 years outstanding on the lease. It is also a repossession so I'm guessing that the vendor will not be interested in extending the lease. My primary concern is would the short lease make it difficult to secure a mortgage?
  • We are looking to extend our lease having owned the flat for 2 years as of 21st Jan 2015. It has about sixety six years remaining currently. Hoping to get a lease extension by another 90 years as expeditiously and stress free as is reasonably achievable.
  • I'm living with my mum and dad but have a two bedroom ground floor purpose built maisonette in St Anns let out which has a 71 year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in St Anns for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 19k. Not sure sure whether to hold on or sell the flat?
  • If somebody owns a flat with a lease of under 80 years, they can afford the lease extension by borrowing the funds against the property, and the value of the flat with the new lease will more than cover the cost of the extension, then is there any justification for not doing it?
  • We currently own a ground floor flat in St Anns and are looking to sell it this year so we can carry out some improvements on our family home. I checked the lease and it has 63 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 15k plus to get a lease extension. Do you have some advice on this? Do I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my one bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette in St Anns. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we need to move at some point 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 who specialises in lease extensions?

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