Top Ten Questions relating to Thornton Heath Lease Extensions

  • 35k agreed with the landlord’s agents, just attempting to find a Thornton Heath for a lease extension. Our flat has just under sixety seven yrsoutstanding. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • So this is the scenario: I bought a studio flat in Thornton Heath that I am now unable to sell as a result of the lease requiring a lease extension. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • Hi. I need a to review my lease extension ahead of it being formalised just to make sure there's nothing that I haven't seen - it's just a reissue with a few small variations.
  • 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?
  • The terms for the lease on my flat in Thornton Heath are 99 years from 14 Sep 1988. Please give me a quote to extend the lease if I give you more information please?
  • I am considering whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Thornton Heath and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £3k to extend the lease. I will be doing a refinance with Barclays to free up equity. My broker dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one to extend the lease and one for outright purchase .The lease commenced in 1991 and since then the ground rent has increased from £15.00 per year to £300 per year.
  • I am the freeholder of a Edwardian 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 67 years. What are my next steps?
  • Just been over two years that I have owned my studio flat in Thornton Heath. I have 65 yrs remaining on the lease. I am now looking either to buy a share of freehold or a lease extension. I acquired the property for 342K, it is now roughly 450k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: Is there a benefit in getting a Thornton Heath based or any will do fine?
  • We know that others in the same block previously had a lease extension, and the freeholder was amenable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal survey and calculate the initial offer on on the prices by others . This would save on double valuation charges. Would you recommend such a course of action?
  • I require an estimate to extend my mother’s lease on a maisonette in Thornton Heath. She already has a figure from the freeholder for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is too high.

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