Questions and Answers: Stapleford Lease Extensions

  • We agreed with the freeholder to a lease extension on our flat located in Stapleford, 17k for another 90yrs. How long is the process ?
  • My wife and I have just completed on a one bedroom ground floor purpose built flat located inStapleford and I'm thinking about extending the lease as soon as practicable e.g. after 24 months of ownership
  • I'm about to make an offer on a house in Stapleford but I'm concerned 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 Platform Home Loans Ltd giving us the mortgage now?
  • 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 Stapleford. Her has been in contact with fees etc. I need a ball park figure for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The flat currently has a 99 YR lease which started June 1992.
  • The intention is to sell our studio flat in Stapleford but we may require a lease extension, or at least cover the costs of our purchaser. Can you recommend a to undertake the legal formalities?
  • The terms for the lease on my flat in Stapleford are 95 years from 14 Jan 1980. Please give me a quote to extend the lease if I give you more specifics please?
  • I am thinking about acquiring an auction property and came upon a one bed flat in Stapleford. It has just fifty-one year lease..the current owner being mortgagees in possession will not want the aggravation of applying for a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this except for the costly fee to put a new lease on it and reduced chance of getting a mortgage with Bank of Scotland?
  • We are looking to extend our lease having owned the property for two years as of 22nd March 2016. It has roughly fivety six years remaining currently. Hoping to get a lease extension by another 90 years as quickly and stress free as possible.
  • Even though I may not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to buy in Stapleford. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, Nine hundred and ninety nine year lease from 1854. Its the garden area.

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