Tenterden Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • 35k agreed with the freeholder, just trying to find a Tenterden for a lease extension. Our flat has about seventy five yearsleft. How long will this take ?
  • I acquired a flat in Tenterden with a leasehold unexpired around 75 years and need to extend it. Please can you advise me of the next steps
  • I have got a leasehold flat in the Tenterden area and was wondering if I could obtain a lease extension. What are your processes and charges. There are seventy years balance left
  • We have seen a house for sale for £185,000 and we are very interested but we've just discovered that it is leasehold. There are 798 years remaining so a lease extension is not an issue. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this correct? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for twenty years without the house being ours. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
  • Do you only undertake lease extensions in Tenterden? I own a flat in Abbey Wood with 90 years unexpired lease, I am looking for a quote from a .
  • 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 am looking to buy a one bed flat in Tenterden for asking price of 156k, which has sixety two 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 query is: If the freeholder does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of a valuer, how lengthy and difficult is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • I own a purpose-built flat based in a small development in Tenterden. The leasehold interest in the apartment on a ninety five year lease started on 30th November 1972 with a set yearly rent of 35. I would like to obtain a lease extension. Can I call someone to go through my options please?
  • My brother and I have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our ground floor flat in Tenterden. We have a fivety nine year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has provided us with a premium amount 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 the lease extension.
  • I'm intent on buying a flat in Tenterden valued at £195,000 the flat has approaching seventy years unexpired on the lease. My offer was subject to a lease extension... .. that was back in June, expecting I'd have moved in before now. The seller has just informed me they'll knock £3k off if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm unsure if I should take them up on the offer

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