Examples of recent questions relating to Lease Extensions in Wormwood Scrubs

  • I’ve just acquired a 2 bed conversion flat inWormwood Scrubs and I'm thinking about extending the lease as soon as practicable e.g. in 24 months of ownership
  • I purchased a ground floor flat in Wormwood Scrubs that I now cannot sell as a result of the lease requiring a lease extension. What's your legal fee ?
  • I inherited a flat in Wormwood Scrubs with a leasehold unexpired slightly less than 71 years and need a lease extension. Please can you advise me of the next stages
  • I have got a leasehold flat in the Wormwood Scrubs area and was curious if I could obtain a lease extension. What are your processes and charges. Has seventy six years outstanding
  • 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 a FTB of a leasehold flat in Wormwood Scrubs. The lease has just 58 years outstanding and ground rent is £95. Is it possible for the flat owner to serve the Notice of Claim and then assign this right to me as the buyer once I complete the buying process so that I don't have to wait for the two year qualifying period before I can apply to for a lease extension or have to deal with all this expense later? I have read this is achievable but will it be very time costly to the owner? To add to the complexity it’s the case of an absent landlord, so I am not sure how does it work.
  • Ref a residence in Wormwood Scrubs. lower maisonette. 72 yrs remaining. I have negotiated a lease extension price of £14k for 125yrs. Landlord also insisted on Section 42 Notice which I think is a tad over the top. Advice required.
  • I own a share of the freehold. There are five flats in the building. All the leaseholders are now seeking lease extensions. Are you able to help us with this situation?
  • Coming up to 2 years that I have been in my one bed flat in Wormwood Scrubs. I have 73 yrs outstanding on the lease. I am now looking either to buy a share of freehold or a lease extension. I acquired the property for 320K, it is now roughly 425k. I understand that 90 years is the period most people extend. I spoke to my solicitors about the process, he answered most of my questions but just have one left: What can I expect in terms of legal charges for a lease extension? Are they usually fixed or tend to increase over time (i.e. if the process drags to the tribunal etc)?
  • I have seventy nine years remaining on my lease of a ground floor flat in Wormwood Scrubs, the Landlord requires a £25k premium for a statutory lease extension of 90yrs. I am looking for advice on whether this amount is too high

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