Questions and Answers: Woodlands Lease Extensions

  • I need to extend my current lease can you help me with that? I think it has 57 years remaining
  • I am about to put an offer in on a three bed flat in Woodlands with a lease of 64 years but unsure what I will have to spend to renew so I can put in an offer given to future cost of a lease extension.
  • 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?
  • I am looking into the costs of carrying out a lease extension for my garden flat in Woodlands, and would like some figures on that.
  • I have a leasehold apartment in Woodlands. I have built a big extension and have not informed my freeholder. What are my options?
  • I would like to know how much it would cost and the optimum way to get a lease extension started? I have approximately 62 years unexpired lease and I own a ground floor flat in Woodlands.
  • My mortgage provider is requesting several hundred pounds for their for a "deed of substituted security" for the lease extension for my flat in Woodlands... I am unable to find any mention of this in my mortgage booklet... is this a standard cost that they charge?
  • My OH and I are considering buying a garden flat in Woodlands which is a leasehold. I am enquiring as to the pros and cons of that - what happens when lease ends, how much it costs to extend it, can the freeholder of the land evict me from my own flat and block me from extending the lease?
  • I do not need a lease extension but I do need a vesting order on a property I want to acquire in Woodlands. The house is freehold but the garden is officially leasehold, Nine hundred and ninety nine year lease from 1895. Its the garden area.
  • I have sixety nine years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Woodlands, the Landlord requires a £18k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is too high

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