Common questions relating to Uckfield Lease Extensions

  • I want to purchase a leasehold property and lease extension. The owner has been there over two years and will assign the notice. He will let me have the notice on exchange and then I will serve it in the landlord. Is this OK ?
  • I own a maisonnette together with the freehold of both flats. The owners of the downstairs flat have asked to extend the lease what do I need to do?
  • I am thinking about whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Uckfield and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £4k to extend the lease. I will be doing a remortgage with Barclays to release of equity. My adviser handling the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one to extend the lease and one for outright purchase .The lease commenced in 1972 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £15.00 per year to £300 per year.
  • My mortgage lender is requesting several hundred pounds for their for a "deed of substituted security" for the lease extension for my flat in Uckfield... I am unable to find any reference of this in my mortgage contract... is this a standard charge?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • I am looking to extend the lease on my garden flat in Uckfield I am looking for a local company to calculate the premium. I have a price from the landlord. I would like to go forward as soon as possible, but for the right premium and fee.
  • I am the registered freeholder to two flats. Someone has the lease on the garden flat in Uckfield. I occupy in the upper flat. I was looking at the land registry documents recently when I noticed that my flat has a lease on it. There is 73 years left on the lease. Is it possible to carry out a lease extension without instructing a ?
  • I own the freehold reversion of a property in Uckfield and a leaseholder has requested a lease extension. Her so called valuation expert has provided a figure of £9,000, but has increased this by £2,000 without too much effort. My surveyor 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 tribunal, can I deal with this myself, just armed with the valuations I have? If not, what charges would I be likely to face?
  • I'm hoping for some help with regard to extending the lease on my maisonette. I'll be looking to do this in nine months time as we must move 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 LVT route. You are able to recommend a good with expertise in lease extensions. Preferably based in Uckfield?
  • We currently own a garden flat in Uckfield 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 sixety 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. Do you have some advice on this? Should I contact the landlord first and will they be able to give me a cost?

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