Frequently asked questions relating to Waterbeach Lease Extensions

  • I acquired a property in Waterbeach and it has nearon seventy seven years left. I'd like to arrange a lease extension by twenty years
  • I am looking for a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I would like to purchase. It has seventy six years unexpired.
  • I am looking for a solicitors in Waterbeach and they should be on the Godiva Mortgages Ltd approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and refinance at the same time. Are you able to recommend a solicitors ?
  • Hi. I need someone to review my lease extension prior to it being completed just to make sure there's nothing that I haven't seen - it's just a surrender and regrant with a few small variations.
  • My co-lessees and I are in a block consisting of three flats in Waterbeach and have been offered to buy the freehold for £6000 per flat rather than go for lease extensions. We are all in agreement that we want to do this but how do we get started and what is the likely cost?
  • I need to talk to you about a flat in Waterbeach, I am considering bidding at auction next month. The flat has a short lease and I wanted to inquire about how much it would cost to get a lease extension and for your services.
  • Me and my fiance would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Waterbeach. Is this something you can help us with?
  • My and my partner are concerned about getting a lease extension from a difficult freeholder. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were adhered to under the 1993 Act, the freeholder still attempted to charge ground rent of £250 increasing by 100% every twenty five years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Waterbeach as it is coming up to the 80 year mark. As I understood it, if you extend your lease by the 90 years available, you pay a premium (£thousands) but the ground rent is reduced to a peppercorn. I am now told that I have to continue paying ground rent. I thought the major cost of a lease extension was to compensate the freeholder as they wouldn't be collecting ground rent anymore?
  • I have a lease of 78 years remaining on my flat in Waterbeach. 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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