Questions and Answers: Wigton Lease Extensions

  • I have a lease of fivety six years on a property which I am looking to buy how much am I looking at for the cost to extend the lease?
  • I am looking for a conveyancing practitioners in Wigton and they should be on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society approved conveyancers panel as we need a lease extension and remortgage simultaneously. Are you able to recommend a lawyers ?
  • I am considering whether to purchase the freehold or a lease extension of my property in Wigton and have been in touch with the freeholder, have had quote for around £2500 to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously get a new mortgage with Yorkshire Building Society to free up equity. The broker dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one to extend the lease and one for outright purchase .The lease began in 1972 and since then the ground rent has been raised from £25.00 per annum to £100 per year.
  • I am a FTB of a leasehold flat in Wigton. The lease has only 69 years left and ground rent is £95. Is it possible for the seller to serve the Notice of Claim and then transfer this right to me as the buyer on the day of completion so that I don't have to wait for the two year requisite period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is legal but will it be very time costly to the flat owner? To add to the complexity it’s the case of an missing freeholder, so I am not sure how does it work.
  • Me and my partner would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Wigton. Would you be able to help?
  • Coming up to 2 years that I have been in my garden flat in Wigton. I have 60 years left on the lease. I am now wanting to buy a share of freehold or a lease extension. I purchased the property for 342K, it is now roughly 445k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my property lawyers about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: Is there a benefit in getting a Wigton based solicitors or any will do fine?
  • We are are hoping to complete on a ground floor flat in Wigton which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was starting to get low so the owner commenced extending the lease. The owner has submitted the lease extension paperwork to HMLR. An essential part of the house buying process is for our property lawyers to do OS1 search on the property title. The problem here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our conveyancers it may not be possible to do this "priority search" right now as the new lease title number is not known. Is it correct that we have to hold on until the new lease is registered?
  • We are hoping to buy a flat (a garden flat based inWigton with share of freehold). Throughout our search, we were always looking at flats that had a minimum ninety years residual lease term. We found a flat we fell in love with and the estate agent promised us that the lease term was not an issue. Today our property lawyers advised us the lease only has 65 years and thus needs a lease extension. Should we run away, or do we reduce our offer?
  • I own the freehold of a couple of flats. Someone has the lease on the ground flat in Wigton. I live in the upper flat. I was looking at the land registry documents last night when I noticed that my flat has a lease on it. There is sixety years left. Can one do a lease extension without using a property lawyers?
  • We wanted an estimate on the cost of a lease extension and a few more questions answered regarding a lease extension for my maisonette in Wigton
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