Top Ten Questions relating to Winterbourne Lease Extensions

  • My name´s Arthur. I’m flat hunting in Winterbourne I'm considering offering on a garden flat online, with just under sixety seven years outstanding, how much does it cost on average to get a lease extension by, say, ninety years?
  • I need to extend my existing lease can you help me with that? My investigation with the Land Registry reveal that it has seventy five years residual lease term
  • I'm wanting to make an offer on a house in Winterbourne but I'm a little worried about it being leasehold. Do you know what title absolute means and is this regarding the lease? Also, we have asked to see a copy of the lease but the homeowner said they might not have it. We are worried about restrictions, and dont know what to do. We have also been approved for the mortgage but the lender doesn't know its leasehold. Do houses qualify for lease extension? Will this affect Yorkshire Building Society giving us the mortgage now?
  • I am looking to purchase a two bedroom first floor purpose built flat in Winterbourne with a lease of seventy four years but have no idea how much it will cost me to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • I own a garden flat in Winterbourne. The lease commenced in 1997 for 99 years. Now I am wanting to extend the lease. I am unclear about further expenses, could you tell me please how much I should expect to spend on this?
  • I plan on buying a flat based in Winterbourne. The offer is conditional upon a lease extension. The vendor’s has served the Section 42 Notice. Once this notice has been accepted by the freeholder, it is possible for the lessee to assign the benefit of that notice to me, the buyer, so that the buyer “stands in the shoes” of the Lessee, so to speak. I was wondering if this could be a problem for the mortgage lender Alliance & Leicester . Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • The intention is to sell our ground floor flat in Winterbourne but we may need a lease extension, or possibly cover the costs of our buyers. Are you able to help me find a to handle this?
  • I intend to buy a one bed flat in Winterbourne for asking price of 145k, which has 75 years lease left on it. I appreciate that ideally, the seller would start the process by serving a section 42 notice to start the lease extension process but the seller is refusing to assist. My query is: If landlord does not agree to a marriage value (part of lease extension fees) of surveyor, how lengthy and easy is the process of going down the route of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?
  • Even though I may not need a lease extension but I do require a vesting order on a property I want to purchase in Winterbourne. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, 995 year lease from 1895. Its the rear garden.
  • I'm hoping for some assistance concerning a lease extension on my apartment. The intention is to do this in six months time 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 tribunal route. Can you recommend a good who specialises in lease extensions. Preferably based in Winterbourne?

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