Top Ten Questions relating to St Austell Lease Extensions

  • We agreed with the landlord for a lease extension on our flat in St Austell, 16.5k for a further 90yrs. How long will it take ?
  • I inherited a garden flat located in St Austell with a leasehold unexpired of 79 years. I am curious about what I will need to spend to extend my leasehold
  • 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 have contacted my freeholder for a lease extension for my flat in St Austell. His has been in contact with fees etc. I need an estimate for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The apartment currently has a 99 YR lease which started April 1985.
  • We inherited a leasehold with a landlord who has not given us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in St Austell and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can do for us?
  • How much will I need to spend and what is the best way to start the lease extension process? I have approximately 72 years left on my lease on a maisonette in St Austell. I have emailed the managing agents who represent the landlord and they provided me with the number of the valuer. I have contacted the valuer but I am not receiving any kind of response.
  • I am considering acquiring an auction property and identified a studio flat in St Austell. It only has a fifty-one year lease..the current owner as mortgagees in possession will not want to mess around with negotiating a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this except for the costly fee to put a new lease on it and decreased chance of obtaining a mortgage with Barclays ?
  • Offer accepted on a a maisonette in St Austell, were told numerous times by the EA that the lease was in excess of 100 years, we have just had our mortgage offer sent through which states the lease as 82 years.We are about to exchange contracts within a week. My query is how is possible that the estate agent got it so wrong?
  • I intend to buy a one bed flat in St Austell for asking price of 125k, which has 60 years lease left on it. I appreciate that ideally, the seller would start the process by serving a section 42 notice to start the lease extension process but the seller is refusing to assist. My query is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of a valuer, how lengthy and difficult is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • I was hoping you might be able to tell me the process of how to apply for a lease extension for my garden flat in St Austell

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