FAQs concerning Wombwell Lease Extensions

  • I inherited a ground floor flat in Wombwell that I now cannot sell due to the lease needing a lease extension. Are you willing to help me with this situation ?
  • I want to buy a leasehold property and lease extension. The seller has been there for three years and will assign the notice. He will let me have the notice on exchange and then I will serve it in the landlord. Is this OK ?
  • I am in need of a rough estimate of what a lease extension will cost for a flat I intend to buy. It has 64 years balance left.
  • This flat I have in mind requires only ground rent. Long lease so no lease extension required. I have asked the estate agents as to what happens to building insurance and responsibility for communal areas and if one of the two flats which make up the property wants to make alterations.They said they did not know. I cannot see how one could get buildings insurance for the whole building shared with another flat, either downstairs or upstairs. I do need to clarify things like this before I undertake all the expenses involved in purchasing a property I feel. Do freeholders actually supply their own insurance?
  • We are selling our maisonette in Wombwell but we may need to extend the lease, or possibly cover the costs of our purchaser. Can you recommend a to handle this?
  • I am about to view a two bedroom apartment, although not exactly my perfect property it has enough positives to suit me very well for my present circumstances. However after obtaining a copy of the title I've learnt that it only has 72 years residual lease term on the lease. It is also a repossession so I'm assuming that the lender will not be interested in doing a lease extension. My primary concern is would it be difficult to sell on without a lease extension?
  • 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 own the freehold of a three bedroom flat in Wombwell. The leaseholders have 79 years on a lease and wants to purchase another 90 years. The have offered me 22k. Is this around the right price?
  • Me and my sister are buying a one bed flat in Wombwell which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was on the short side so the owner is in the process of extending the lease. The vendor has submitted the lease extension paperwork which will result in the registration of a new lease at the land registry. An essential part of the house buying process is for our to do a "priority search" on the lease. The concern here is that as a lease extension has been submitted we've been told by our it may not be possible to do this "priority search" right now as the new lease title number is not known. Is it right that we have to wait until the new lease is registered?
  • I own the freehold to two flats. Someone has the lease on the lower flat in Wombwell. I live in the upper flat. I was reviewing the title deeds yesterday when I noticed that my flat has a lease on it. There is 56 years left. If I want a lease extension then would I just be paying for the charges?

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