Sample questions relating to Wigton Lease Extensions

  • I purchased a flat in Wigton with a leasehold unexpired about sixety eight years and need a lease extension. Please can you clarify the next stages
  • I am looking for a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I intend to purchase. It has fivety nine years unexpired.
  • We are the registered owners of a leasehold with a landlord who has failed to give us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Wigton and looking to do a vesting order. Is this something you can handle for us?
  • I am deliberating 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 £3k to extend the lease. I plan to simultaneously refinance with TSB to free up equity. The broker dealing with the remortgage suggested I get two quotes : one for the lease extension and one for outright purchase .The lease began in 1981 and since then the ground rent has increased from £25.00 per annum to £200 per year.
  • We are considering buying a garden flat in Wigton which is a leasehold. I am wondering what are the pros and cons of that - what occurs when lease ends, the cost of a lease extension, can the freeholder of the land evict me from my own flat and block me from extending the lease?
  • Just been over two years that I have owned my studio flat in Wigton. I have seventy five yrs outstanding on the lease. I am now wanting to purchase a share of freehold or a lease extension. I purchased the property for 320K, it is now roughly 445k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my conveyancing practitioners about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: What can I expect in terms of legal charges for a lease extension? Are they usually fixed or tend to increase over time (i.e. if the process drags to LVT)?
  • If a leaseholder owns a flat with a lease of under 80 years, they can afford the lease extension by borrowing the funds against the property, and the value of the flat with the new lease will more than cover the cost of the extension, then is there any justification for not extending the lease?
  • I'm seeking some assistance concerning a lease extension on my maisonette. The plan is to do this in nine months time as we need 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 tribunal route. Can you recommend a good property lawyers who specialises in lease extensions. Ideally someone in Wigton area?
  • My wife and I are worried about obtaining a lease extension from an objectionable freeholder. Notwithstanding that the correct procedures were followed under the appropriate legislation, the freeholder still attempted to get ground rent of £250 doubling every twenty five years of the new term. Can you assist?
  • I'm looking for some advice with regard to a lease extension on my studio flat in Wigton. I'll be looking to do this sometime next year as we need to move at some point 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 tribunal route. Can you recommend a good lawyers who specialises in lease extensions?
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