Frequently asked questions relating to St Bees Lease Extensions

  • Me and my fiance have just bought a maisonette inSt Bees and I'm deliberating extending the lease as soon as I can e.g. in 24 months of ownership
  • I need to extend my existing lease can you help me with that? My investigation with the Land Registry reveal that it has 74 years unexpired
  • I am looking for a lawyers in St Bees and they need to be on the Halifax approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and refinance simultaneously. Are you able to recommend a lawyers ?
  • We own a leasehold with a landlord who has not given us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in St Bees and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can handle for us?
  • I'm looking for a flat to buy in St Bees and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold arrangement. I've found a garden flat I like with a 87 years lease. I've read that I can apply for a lease extension after a couple of years, but:- Is this a given?
  • My mortgage provider requires a £450 fee for their conveyancing practitioners to agree a lease extension for my flat in St Bees... I am unable to find any reference of this in my mortgage contract... is this a usual charge?
  • My wife and I had entered into a purchase of a garden flat in St Bees. I was advised by the EA that the lease extension had already been completed while on a viewing (seventy two years unexpired lease prior to extension). The description on the listing stated "sold with a long lease". It turns out at the point of exchange of contracts we find that the lease has not been extended. The homeowner apparently has a quote but no funds to extend and consequently the seller intends to exchange and use the deposit monies for the lease extension. My question is why has this only just been brought to my attention by my conveyancers?
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in St Bees for asking price of 125k, which has 70 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 question is: If the freeholder does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of surveyor, how lengthy and easy is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • My and my partner are worried about obtaining a lease extension from an objectionable landlord. Notwithstanding that the legal procedures were adhered to under the 1993 Act, the landlord still attempted to get ground rent of £300 doubling every twenty five years of the new lease. Can you assist?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my one bedroom apartment in St Bees. 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. Should I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?
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