Questions and Answers: Yeovil Lease Extensions

  • Me and my husband are seeking a lease extension for our ground floor flat in Yeovil and we are confused by the letter that we received from our freehold company. How long will it take?
  • So this is the scenario: I acquired a two bedroom ground floor purpose built maisonette in Yeovil that I am finding difficult to sell due to the lease requiring a lease extension. What's your solicitors fee ?
  • I am looking for a lease extension on the lease on my ground floor flat in Yeovil which will have 73 years remaining in January. What fees apply?
  • I want to acquire a leasehold property and extend the lease. The vendor has been there for four years and will sign 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 would like to purchase. It has 70 years residual lease term.
  • I plan on buying a flat based in Yeovil. The offer is conditional upon a lease extension. The seller’s has given to the freeholder the Notice of Claim. 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 Yorkshire Building Society. Moreover, which are the following lease extension steps to complete the purchase?
  • We would like to extend our lease having owned the property for 2 years as of 11th March 2015. It has approximately 78 years remaining currently. Hoping to get a lease extension by another 90 years as expeditiously and stress free as is reasonably achievable.
  • Me and my wife would like to know the cost of a lease extension valuation for a property based in Yeovil. Would you be able to help?
  • Me and my wife are acquiring a two bedroom ground floor purpose built flat in Yeovil which has share of freehold and a leasehold. The lease was starting to get low so the owner is in the process of dealing with a lease extension. The vendor has submitted the lease extension paperwork which will result in the registration of a new lease at the land registry. A crucial aspect of the house buying process is for our to do a "priority search" on the property title. The problem 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 correct that we have to wait pending registration of the new lease?
  • I require an estimate to extend my mother’s lease on a garden flat in Yeovil. She already has a figure from the landlord for a lease extension but I am not sure it is reasonable.
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