Questions and Answers: West Croydon Lease Extensions

  • I bought a garden flat in West Croydon that I am finding difficult to sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. How long will it take ?
  • My wife has a flat in West Croydon which we have just put on the market. The leasehold has around 66 years outstanding on it and we are concerned this will come up for anyone who may be interested. I am after more information on how we get started on a lease extension? Thank you.
  • I am looking at investing in a holiday home but it has a lease that expires in eighteen years. Its in West Croydon - I wanted to see if with your services this could be extended?
  • I'm planning on buying a studio flat (leasehold) but the freeholder has been absent for nearly 15yrs. My question is would it be less expensive to try to acquire the freehold or to get a lease extension and apply for right to manage?
  • We are in a block consisting of three flats in West Croydon and have been offered to buy the freehold for 7k 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 am looking into the costs of carrying out a lease extension for my maisonette in West Croydon, and would like some figures on that.
  • I am about to view a two bedroom apartment, although not exactly my ideal property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present circumstances. However after downloading a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has seventy seven years balance left on the lease. It is also a repo so I'm assuming that the bank will not be interested in doing a lease extension. My primary concern is would the short lease make it difficult to secure a mortgage?
  • I am the freeholder of a Georgian property split into two apartments. I reside in the top floor flat and my neighbour in the lower flat. My neighbour has approached me for a lease extension from the current 65 years. What are my next steps?
  • My brother and I are in the throws of buying a property (a studio flat located inWest Croydon with share of freehold). Throughout our search, we were always looking at properties that had a minimum eighty five years left. We identified a place we fell in love with and the selling agent promised us that the lease was long albeit not specifying a number. Today our advised us the lease only has seventy one years and therefore requires a lease extension. Should we walk away, or should we reduce our offer?
  • I am planning on refinancing my 2 bed flat in West Croydon and the mortgage company that I am looking to move to needs at least 80 years remaining on the lease in order for them to progress matters. We currently have around 76 years on the leasehold so require some help, guidance, and some quotes to start the lease extension process

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