Questions and Answers: Thurrock Lease Extensions

  • We agreed with the landlord for a lease extension on our flat based in Thurrock, 18k for another 90yrs. What's your legal fee ?
  • My name´s Alexander. I’m house hunting in Thurrock I'm seeing a maisonette online, with around 69 years unexpired lease, how much will it likely cost to extend in this location by, say, fifty years?
  • I am looking for a solicitors in Thurrock and they should be on the Barclays approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and refinance at the same time. Can you recommend a property lawyers ?
  • I own a maisonnette together with the freehold. My downstairs neighbours have asked to extend the lease what do I need to do?
  • I am going to purchase a flat located in Thurrock. The offer is subject to the lease extension. The current owner’s conveyancing practitioners 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 Barnsley Building Society. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • My mortgage provider requires a £450 fee for their conveyancing practitioners for a "deed of substituted security" for the lease extension for my flat in Thurrock... I am unable to find any reference of this in my mortgage guide... is this a standard charge?
  • I intend to buy a one bed flat in Thurrock for asking price of 125k, which has 61 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 landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of surveyor, how lengthy and easy is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • My father has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Thurrock. House split into three apartments. He has a lease, which has around fivety seven yrs outstanding. Does he have to do the lease extension at the same time with the other tenants, or could he extend the lease on his own?
  • My fiance and I have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our one bedroom apartment in Thurrock. We have a 73 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 property lawyers to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on our behalf.
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my one bedroom apartment in Thurrock. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we need to move at some point then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the tribunal route. Should I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?
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