Recently asked questions relating to Stokenchurch Lease Extensions

  • So this is the scenario: I purchased a two bedroom first floor purpose built maisonette in Stokenchurch that I now cannot sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. Can you please help me with this situation ?
  • I own a leasehold flat in the Stokenchurch area and was enquiring whether I could get a lease extension. What are your processes and charges. Has sixety three years balance left
  • I plan on buying a flat located in Stokenchurch. My offer is subject to the lease extension. The current owner’s has given to the freeholder the Notice of Claim. Once this notice has been accepted by the freeholder, it is possible for the lessee to assign the benefit of that notice to me, the buyer, so that the buyer “stands in the shoes” of the Lessee, so to speak. I was wondering if this could be a problem for the mortgage lender Yorkshire Building Society. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • How much will it cost me and what is the best way to start the lease extension process? I have around seventy six years outstanding on my lease on a garden flat in Stokenchurch. I have called the managing agents who represent the head landlord and they sent me the number for the valuer. I left a phone message for the valuer but I am not receiving any returned calls.
  • My mortgage lender is requesting several hundred pounds for their to agree a lease extension for my flat in Stokenchurch... I can find no reference of this in my mortgage contract... is this a standard fee to pay?
  • We are considering buying a one bedroom apartment in Stokenchurch which is a leasehold. I am wondering what are the advantages and disadvantages of that - what happens when lease ends, how much it costs to extend it, can the freeholder of the property evict me from my own flat and block me from extending the lease?
  • I am the freeholder of a Georgian property split into two flats. I live in the top floor flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current seventy six years. What are my next steps?
  • Me and my OH have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our maisonette in Stokenchurch. We have a 60 year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has given us with a financial figure that he is happy with to accept for the extension of the lease, which we are happy with as well and wish to proceed. All we need now is a to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on our behalf.
  • I am the freeholder of a property in Stokenchurch and a leaseholder would like a lease extension. Her so called valuation expert has given a figure of £8,000, but has increased this to £10,000 without too much effort. My valuer has put forward a much higher amount. Negotiations have broken down so it looks at though we need to go to a FTT. If a lease extension does go to a FTT, can I handle the matter myself, just equipped with the valuations I have? If not, what costs would I be likely to face?
  • My aunt is concerned about getting a lease extension from an objectionable freeholder. Even though the legal procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still tried to get ground rent of £300 increasing by 100% every 25 years of the new term. Can you assist?

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