Top Ten Questions relating to Waterhouses Lease Extensions

  • We agreed with the head landlord for a lease extension on our flat in Waterhouses, 9.5k for a further 90yrs. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • I am looking for a lease extension on the lease on my garden flat in Waterhouses which will have 69 years left in June. What fees are applicable?
  • I acquired a one bed flat in Waterhouses. I am looking for a lease extension on the property. It is around eighty one years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long it would take for completion.
  • I am looking to either purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Waterhouses and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £3k to extend the lease. I will be doing a remortgage with Santander to release of equity. The broker dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one to extend the lease and one for the freehold acquisition .The lease commenced in 1991 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £15.00 per annum to £100 per annum.
  • In 2010 I purchased a leasehold flat in Waterhouses. I have built a big extension and have not informed my leaseholder. What should I do?
  • I am concerned that my daughter is being hoodwinked. She put in an offer on a garden flat in Waterhouses, where the lease is circa 55 years but she was told by the estate agents that the seller had extended it to 99 years. She has now been informed the vendor was holding off for her to instruct solicitors ahead of instigating the lease extension. Sounds underhand, also it will take months to sort it all out. Am I being too sceptical?
  • I am in need of a lease extension for my flat in Waterhouses and was advised previously that I must get the funds readily available, is this the case or can I start the process beforehand?
  • My nephew has a share of freehold, with two other leaseholders in a building in Waterhouses. House converted into three apartments. He has a lease, which has roughly 65 yrs remaining. Does he have to do the lease extension at the same time with the other tenants, or could he extend the lease on his own?
  • We have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our garden flat in Waterhouses. We have a 62 year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has provided us with a financial figure that she is happy with to accept for the extension of the lease, which we are happy with as well and wish to proceed. All we need now is a to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on our behalf.
  • I have a lease of seventy three years remaining on my flat in Waterhouses. 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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