Widnes Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • I need to negotiate a lease extension for a flat in Widnes and want to use a local . Are you able to help me find a ?
  • I have contacted my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Widnes. His has been in contact with costs etc. I need an estimate for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The flat currently has a 99 YR lease which started July 1992.
  • I purchased a studio flat in Widnes. I am looking to extend lease on the property. It is approximately eighty years. I would just like to know what your charges are and how long it would take for completion.
  • How much will it cost me and what is the best way to get a lease extension started? I have just over seventy one years remaining on my lease on a two bedroom first floor purpose built flat in Widnes. I have emailed the managing agents who act on behalf of the freeholder and they provided me with the number for the surveyor. I telephone the valuer but I am not getting any returned calls.
  • 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?
  • I'm living at parents but have a one bedroom apartment in Widnes let out which has a sixety nine year lease. Mortgage broker said I can remortgage as a buy to let instead of consent to let and release 55-60k which on top of a new mortgage based on my income. Not much about in Widnes for me to get my own place. If I sell I will only get 150-160 due to tenant (8 months left on AST) and lease. A lease extension will cost 13k. Not sure sure whether to hold on or sell the flat?
  • I am the freeholder of a property in Widnes and a leaseholder would like a lease extension. Her valuer has suggested a figure of £8,000, but has increased 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 a FTT. If a lease extension does go to tribunal, can I deal with this myself, just armed with the valuations I have? If not, what fee would I be likely to face?
  • I'm seeking some advice with regard to a lease extension on my apartment. The plan is to do this next autumn as we have to move then. Unfortunately the current lease is now very short and therefore I'm guessing it'll be expensive to extend. I'm also thinking that I'll probably have to go down the LVT route. Do I look to extend it now or wait until I sell my place and have it all tied in with the property sale?
  • I have 79 years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Widnes, the Landlord requires a £15k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is acceptable
  • I have a lease of 56 years remaining on my flat in Widnes. 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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