Recently asked questions relating to West Croydon Lease Extensions

  • So this is the scenario: I own a three bedroom ground floor purpose built flat in West Croydon that I now cannot sell due to the lease needing a lease extension. What's your legal fee ?
  • I am looking for a lease extension on the lease on my one bed conversion flat in West Croydon which will have sixety eight years remaining in September. What fees apply?
  • I need to extend my existing lease can you help me with that? I think it has sixety three years left
  • I would like some guidance on leasehold property buying. We plan to buy a semi detached house which is leasehold property is there any problem involved or hidden costs. Is it safe to buy a leasehold house in West Croydon area with a loft extension..We are really concerned as we are first time buyers...Please advise if we want to rent out the property?
  • I own 60% in a shared ownership property with a housing association and I am considering a lease extension on a lease which is now around 59 years. I need a at my end. Can you advise please? I live near West Croydon and have a mortgage with Leeds Building Society.
  • I am the freeholder of a Georgian property split into two flats. I live in the upper flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current 70 years. What are my next steps?
  • I note that your website states the likely fee for dealing with a lease extension is £495. Is that the total cost excluding value added tax and the land registry fee? The premium has already been agreed with the freeholder for the lease extension for my maisonette in West Croydon
  • Just a quick one, how much are the legal fees for a lease extension on a residential property in West Croydon for a two bed flat - section 42 having been issued?
  • I own the freehold reversion of a property in West Croydon where the leaseholder has requested a lease extension. Her so called valuation expert has suggested a figure of £9,000, but has upped this to £10,000 at the drop of a hat. My surveyor has come back with £12,520. She does not appear to wish to negotiate wanting to go to LVT. If a lease extension does go to a FTT, can I handle the matter myself, just equipped with the valuations I have? If not, what charges would I be likely to incur?
  • I have a lease of fivety six years remaining on my flat in West Croydon. 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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