Frequently asked questions relating to Walsall Lease Extensions

  • My husband and I have just acquired a studio flat based inWalsall and I'm considering a lease extension as soon as I can e.g. after 24 months of ownership
  • I invested in buying a one bedroom apartment in Walsall with a leasehold unexpired of sixety four years. I am enquiring about what I will need to spend to extend my leasehold
  • I am looking into the costs of carrying out a lease extension for my maisonette in Walsall, and would like some figures on that.
  • I am looking at bidding for an auction property and came upon a studio flat in Walsall. It has just 41 year lease..the seller being mortgagees in possession will not want to mess around with applying for a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this other than the costly fee to extend the lease and decreased chance of obtaining a mortgage with Aldermore?
  • My partner and I have owned a leasehold flat for around twenty years. It now has fivety eight years left on the lease. Following a year of difficult negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the freeholder. I now have to make a decision as to whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would welcome some independent thoughts.
  • Even though I may not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to purchase in Walsall. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, Nine hundred and ninety nine year lease from 1895. Its the rear garden.
  • I'm looking for some assistance concerning extending the lease on my maisonette. I'll be looking to do this in six 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 tribunal route. Do I look to complete the lease extension now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?
  • My wife and I are worried about obtaining a lease extension from tricky freeholder. Notwithstanding that the legal procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the freeholder still attempted to get ground rent of £300 increasing by 100% every twenty years of the new lease. Can you help?
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my garden flat in Walsall
  • I have a lease of seventy four years remaining on my flat in Walsall. We are looking for a lease extension, so we contacted our freehold company and they came back with a quote that was double the amount and half the extension time that the lease extension calculator provided. Is there anyway, without racking up a huge legal bill, we can ask the freehold company to provide their computation of the amount and how they derived to it?

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