FAQs concerning St James Lease Extensions

  • 35k agreed with the landlord’s agents, just attempting to find a St James for a lease extension. Our flat has nearly 65 yrsoutstanding. How long will this take ?
  • I am looking to extend the lease on my maisonette in St James which will have 67 years left in September. What fees do you charge for this?
  • I'm wanting to make an offer on a house in St James but I'm a little worried about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Barclays giving us the mortgage now?
  • Do you only handle lease extensions in St James? I own a flat in Abbey Wood with 90 years outstanding, I am looking for a quote from a .
  • I'm deliberating over purchasing a one bedroom first floor purpose built flat (leasehold) but the landlord has been missing for about 15yrs. I wonder whether it will be cheaper to try to buy the reversionary title or to get a lease extension and apply for RTM?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in St James. The lease has just seventy one years unexpired and ground rent is £75. Is it possible for the vendor to serve the Notice of Claim and then assign this right to me as the buyer on the day of completion so that I can avoid waiting for the two year qualifying period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is legal but will it be very time consuming to the vendor? Unfortunately it’s the case of an absent landlord, so I am not sure how does it work.
  • How much will it cost me and what is the best way to get a lease extension started? I have roughly 64 years left on my lease on a ground floor flat in St James. I have called the agent who represent the landlord and they provided me with the number of the valuer. I left a phone message for the valuer but I am not receiving any calls back.
  • We are proceeding with a purchase of a two bedroom ground floor purpose built flat in St James. I was told that the lease had been lengthened (seventy one years unexpired lease prior to extension). The sales particulars said "sold with a long lease". It transpires as we are about to exchange of contracts we find that there has been no lease extension. The vendor supposedly has a quote but no funds to extend as a result the seller wants to exchange and use the deposit monies for the lease extension. My question is how is possible that the estate agent got it so wrong?
  • My wife and I are concerned about seeking a lease extension from a difficult landlord. Even though the legal procedures were followed under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still attempted to charge ground rent of £250 increasing by 100% every 25 years of the new term. Can you help?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my studio flat in St James. 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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