Frequently asked questions relating to Warwick Lease Extensions

  • I inherited a studio flat in Warwick that I am finding difficult to sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • I am in need of a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I would like to purchase. It has 71 years left.
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Warwick. The lease has only 63 years left and ground rent is £50. Is it possible for the seller to serve the Initial Notice and then transfer this right to me as the buyer once I complete the buying process so that I don't have to wait for the two year qualifying period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this may be possible but will it be very time consuming to the homeowner? Unfortunately it’s the case of an absent landlord, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am thinking about acquiring an auction property and found a one bed flat in Warwick. It only has a fifty-one year lease..the seller as mortgagees in possession will not want the aggravation of negotiating a lease extension..what are the disadvantages of this except for the costly fee to extend the lease and decreased chance of obtaining a mortgage with Accord Mortgages Ltd?
  • Me and my partner are considering buying a garden flat in Warwick which is a leasehold. I am wanting to weigh up the pros and cons of that - what happens when lease ends, the cost of a lease extension, can the freeholder of the property evict me from my own flat and prevent me from extending the lease?
  • Me and my sister are proceeding with a purchase of a garden flat in Warwick. I was told that the lease had been extended (sixety nine years unexpired lease prior to extension). The description on the listing stated "sold with a long lease". It transpires as we are about to exchange of contracts we find that the lease has not been extended. The flat owner supposedly has a quote but no funds to extend as a result the homeowner wishes to exchange and use the deposit monies to extend the lease. My question is how is possible that the estate agent got it so wrong?
  • We have owned a leasehold flat for approximately twenty years. It now has 65 years remaining on the lease. After a year of difficult negotiations through my conveyancers and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the freeholder. I am at a decision point on whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would appreciate advice.
  • I'm living at parents but have a garden flat in Warwick let out which has a seventy six year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in Warwick for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 19k. Not sure sure whether to hold on or sell the flat?
  • My wife and I are concerned about obtaining a lease extension from a difficult landlord. Even though the correct procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still tried to get ground rent of £200 doubling every 25 years of the new lease. Can you assist?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my mum’s lease on a garden flat in Warwick. She recently got a figure from the landlord for a lease extension but I am unclear whether it is reasonable.
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