Willingham Lease Extensions: Q and A’s

  • We have seen a house for sale for £195k and we are very keen on but we've just discovered that it is leasehold. There are 899 years balance left so a lease extension is not a concern. We didn't know what this meant but the internet suggests we wouldn't own the land or property, just the lease to live there. Is this correct? We wouldn't want to pay a mortgage for twenty years without owning the property. Any information would be much appreciated.
  • I own a maisonnette and the freehold. The owners of the downstairs flat have asked for a lease extension what do I need to do?
  • We bought a leasehold with a freeholder who has failed to respond by way of a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Willingham and are therefore thinking about the option of a vesting order. Is this something you can handle for us?
  • We have a ground floor flat in Willingham with seventy two years unexpired. Ten months ago we were quoted a deal to receive a lease extension for a further 25 years but also uplift the ground rent from notional to a little more..plus a premium I think of about 14k. Finally we have decided to move forward but do we now have to start the negotiations again?
  • I intend to buy a one bed flat in Willingham for asking price of 156k, which has fivety six years lease left on it. Seller doesn't want to extend the lease for even if I were to pay the money to the seller. My question is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of surveyor, how lengthy and difficult is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • My and my fiance are concerned about seeking a lease extension from an objectionable landlord. Regardless of the fact that the correct procedures were adhered to under the appropriate legislation, the landlord still tried to get ground rent of £250 increasing by 100% every twenty five years of the new lease. Can you assist?
  • Are you able to provide an estimate to extend my mum’s lease on a three bed flat in Willingham. She recently got a figure from the landlord for a lease extension but I am not sure it is too expensive.
  • I have seventy two years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Willingham, 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 am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Willingham 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?
  • I have a lease of sixety eight years remaining on my flat in Willingham. 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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