White City Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • 35k agreed with the freeholder, just trying to find a White City for a lease extension. Our flat has nearly 61 yrsunexpired lease. Can you please help us with this situation ?
  • So this is the scenario: I bought a ground floor flat in White City that I am finding difficult to sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • We own a leasehold with a landlord who has failed to respond by way of a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in White City and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can help us with?
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in White City. The lease has just 59 years balance left and ground rent is £50. Is it possible for the seller to serve the Section 42 Notice and then assign over the right to me as the purchaser on the day of completion so that I don't have to wait for the 2 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 flat owner? To add to the complexity the freeholder can not be found, so I am not sure how does it work.
  • I would like to know how much it would cost and the best way to start the lease extension process? I have slightly less than fivety five years remaining and I own a ground floor flat in White City.
  • I am looking at acquiring an auction property and identified a one bed flat in White City. It has just 41 year lease..the seller being mortgagees in possession dont want to mess around with seeking a lease extension..what are the drawbacks of this other than the costly fee to put a new lease on it and decreased chance of getting a mortgage with Godiva Mortgages Ltd?
  • We are considering buying a garden flat in White City which is a leasehold. I am enquiring as to the pros and cons of that - what occurs when lease expires, how much it costs to extend it, can the freeholder of the property evict me from my own flat and block me from having a lease extension?
  • My (separately handling my lease extension) said I need a licence to alter given that I wish to carry out a loft extension to my property. Is this strictly required given that I have a share of the freehold. I've informally discussed the loft conversion with my co-freeholder some time ago and he had no objection once I reassured him that if my builder damages the roof I won't expect the co-freeholder to pay for future repairs to the roof. Assuming I need formal consent should I get the licence to alter and then start the lease extension process?
  • We have owned a leasehold flat for around fifteen years. There are sixety eight years outstanding on the lease. After a year of protracted negotiations through my and, mainly, surveyor I now have an offer from the freeholder. I now have to make a decision as to whether to accept it or go to a Tribunal and would welcome some independent thoughts.
  • I am concerned about getting a lease extension from tricky freeholder. Notwithstanding that the correct procedures were followed under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still attempted to charge ground rent of £300 doubling every twenty five years of the new term. Can you help?

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