Frequently asked questions relating to Upper Clapton Lease Extensions

  • My name´s Jacob. I’m house hunting in Upper Clapton I'm seeing a one bedroom second floor purpose built maisonette online, with roughly fivety seven years left, how much does it cost on average to extend in this area by, say, fifty years?
  • I’m about to offer on a garden flat to purchase in the Upper Clapton area and was enquiring how much would it cost for a lease extension? It has 66 years unexpired...
  • I inherited a property in Upper Clapton and it has just over seventy two years unexpired. I'd like to extend the lease period
  • I'm about to make an offer on a house in Upper Clapton but I'm concerned about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Platform Home Loans Ltd giving us the mortgage now?
  • I want to buy a leasehold property and extend the lease. The seller has been there for four 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 am looking for a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I intend to buy. It has seventy two years remaining.
  • We have a GFF based in Upper Clapton. There is 81 years left on the lease and we want a lease extension. How much does it cost on average to get a lease extension by, say,25 years
  • I'm intent on acquiring an apartment in Upper Clapton valued at £210,000 the flat has approximately sixety two years remaining on the lease. My offer was subject to a lease extension... .. that was back in August, expecting I'd have completed before Christmas. They have just informed the agent they are willing to knock £3k off if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm not sure whether that's a good idea
  • We are hoping to buy a flat (a garden flat inUpper Clapton with share of freehold). Throughout our search, we were always looking at flats that had a minimum eighty five years unexpired. We identified a place we liked and the estate agent assured that the lease was long albeit not specifying a number. Today our informed us the lease only has sixety two years and therefore requires a lease extension. Do we run away, or do we lower our offer by the estimated difference in value resulting from the short lease term setting aside that money to cover the lease extension?
  • Do you handle lease extensions on land? (a plot of land in Upper Clapton with 82yrs remaining)

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