Examples of recent questions relating to Lease Extensions in Whiteley

  • So this is the scenario: I purchased a one bedroom apartment in Whiteley that I am finding difficult to sell as a result of the lease requiring a lease extension. How long will it take ?
  • I bought a ground floor flat located in Whiteley with a leasehold unexpired of seventy seven years. I am wondering about what I will need to spend to extend my lease
  • I own a maisonnette together with the freehold of both flats. My upstairs neighbours have asked for a lease extension what do I need to do?
  • We are selling our ground floor flat in Whiteley but we may need to extend the lease, or at least cover the expense of our buyers. Can you help me find a to help us?
  • I need to talk to you about an apartment in Whiteley, I am considering buying at auction in the next few days. The flat only has a few years remaining and I am curious about what it would cost to get a lease extension and for your services.
  • I am a first time buyer of a leasehold flat in Whiteley. The lease has just 62 years unexpired and ground rent is £95. Is it possible for the seller to serve the Section 42 Notice and then transfer over the right to me as the buyer 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 is achievable but will it be very time consuming to the current owner? To add to the complexity it’s the case of an absent freeholder, so I am not sure how this will play out.
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering which step I have to do first, I have been previously advised that I have to have the finances in place before I set the ball rolling, is this correct?
  • We have owned a leasehold flat for around fifteen years. It now has seventy years remaining on the lease. Following a year of difficult 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 appreciate advice.
  • I do not need a lease extension but I do need a vesting order on a property I want to acquire in Whiteley. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 1000 year lease from 1854. Its the garden area.
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Whiteley 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?
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