Examples of recent questions relating to Lease Extensions in Stone Cross

  • I inherited a garden flat located in Stone Cross with a leasehold unexpired of 63 years. I am wondering about how much I will need to spend to extend my leasehold
  • I will soon view a two bedroom flat, although not exactly my ideal property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present situation. However after obtaining a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has sixety five years unexpired on the lease. It is also a repo so I'm assuming that the vendor will not be interested in extending the lease. My primary concern is would the short lease make it difficult to secure a mortgage?
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Stone Cross. The lease has just 54 years outstanding and ground rent is £50. Is it possible for the seller to serve the Initial Notice and then assign this right to me as the buyer once I complete the buying process so that I can avoid waiting for the 2 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 current owner? To add to the complexity the freeholder is absent, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • Ref a residence in Stone Cross. lower maisonette. fivety four yrs remaining. I have an agreed lease extension to £20k for 135yrs. Landlord also requested Notice of Claim which I think should not be necessary. Can you assist.
  • I am looking to buy a one bed flat in Stone Cross for asking price of 156k, which has 58 years lease left on it. Seller doesn't want to extend the lease for even if I were to pay the money to the seller. My query is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of a valuer, how lengthy and easy is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • We have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our ground floor flat in Stone Cross. We have a 66 year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has provided 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 have a freehold of a one bedroom flat in Stone Cross. The leaseholders have 74 years on a lease and wants to purchase another 90 years. The have offered me 25k. Is this around the right price?
  • My and my fiance know that others in the same block previously had a lease extension, and the landlord seemed reasonable. It therefore appears worth taking risk of avoiding a formal valuation and calculate the initial offer on previous prices . This would save on double valuation fees. Is this advisable?
  • We currently own a three bed flat in Stone Cross and are looking to sell it this year so we can carry out some improvements on our family home. I checked the lease and it has 73 years left. Not sure what to do, have read some bits on the web saying it will be 15k plus to get a lease extension. Can you offer some advice on this? Should I contact the freeholder first and will they be able to give me a cost?
  • Do you handle lease extensions on land? (a plot of land in Stone Cross with 82yrs remaining)

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