Top Ten Questions relating to Woodingdean Lease Extensions

  • 40k agreed with the landlord’s agents, just attempting to find a Woodingdean solicitors for a lease extension. Our lease has just over seventy three yearsoutstanding. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • Hello. I need a conveyancing practitioners to have a look at my lease extension ahead of it being signed just to make sure there's nothing that I haven't seen - it's just a reissue with a few minor variations.
  • I have contacted my freeholder to extend my lease for my flat in Woodingdean. His conveyancers has been in contact with fees etc. I need a quote for dealing with the legalities to secure a lease extension. The apartment currently has a 99 YR lease which started January 1994.
  • We inherited a leasehold with a landlord who has failed to give us a counter-notice for a lease extension for our flat in Woodingdean and are therefore considering the option of a vesting order. Is this something you can handle for us?
  • I'm looking for an apartment to purchase in Woodingdean and I'm not really familiar with the leasehold arrangement. I've found a three bed flat I like with a 87 years lease. I've read that I can go for a lease extension having owned the property for a couple of years, but:- Is this a given?
  • I am planning to get a lease extension and am wondering which step I have to do first, I have been previously told that I have to have the finances in place before I set the ball rolling, is this correct?
  • My wife and I have been in discussion with our freeholder after having a valuation on our three bedroom second floor purpose built flat in Woodingdean. We have a sixety four year lease and we wish to increase this to 99. The Freeholder has provided us with a premium amount that she is happy with to accept for the extension of the lease, which we are happy with as well and wish to proceed. All we need now is a conveyancers to handle this for us. Can you please provide me what your costs would be to act on our behalf.
  • I'm intent on purchasing an apartment in Woodingdean valued at £256,000 the flat has just under fivety nine years unexpired on the lease. My offer was conditional upon a lease extension... .. that was back in August, expecting I'd have moved in before Christmas. They have just informed me they'll knock £4k off if they don't have to deal with the lease extension. I'm unsure if I should take them up on the offer
  • My wife and I are aware that others in the same block had already had a lease extension, and the freeholder seemed reasonable. Therefore is seems worth taking risk of not having formal valuation and calculate the initial offer on previous prices . This would save on double valuation fees. Would you recommend such a course of action?
  • I am currently negotiating a lease extension for my flat in Woodingdean 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?
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