I have just over seventy years remaining on my lease and require a lease extension for my flat in Brentwood. Conveyancing solicitors on the Chelsea Building Society panel can deal with such extensions correct?

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are securing a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Chelsea Building Society have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 8/11/2025 the requirements read as follows :

About to purchase a new build flat in Brentwood. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. Can you give me some examples of some of the questions asked in new build conveyancing.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you should expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Brentwood

There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Please supply a car parking plan. Where there is an Undertaking being granted there is the risk of forfeiture of the Headlease subject to relief if one or more of the Underlessees are willing to accept the original Head Lessee’s obligations as otherwise relief will be denied to the Underlessees. The only alternatives are the Head Lessor agreeing not to forfeit the Headlease or the Head Lessee guaranteeing to the Underlessees that it will not be in breach of the Headlease. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents.

I opted to have a survey done on a property in Brentwood ahead of retaining conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold overhang to the house. The surveyor has said that some lenders may not give a mortgage on such a home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different requirements for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can check via the relevant lender. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can assist as they are used to dealing with flying freeholds in Brentwood. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

Our conveyancer has advised that he intends to complete and exchange simultaneously on the sale of our £425,000 garden flat in Brentwood next week. The freeholder has quoted £336 for Certificate of Compliance, building insurance schedule and previous years service charge statements. Is the landlord entitled to charge an administration fee for a leasehold conveyance in Brentwood?

Brentwood conveyancing on leasehold apartments normally necessitates fees being raised by management companies :

Completing conveyancing due diligence enquiries Where consent is required before sale in Brentwood Supplying insurance information Deeds of covenant upon sale Registering of the assignment of the change of lessee after a sale

Your lawyer will have no control over the level of the charges for this information but the average costs for the information for Brentwood leasehold premises is £350. For Brentwood conveyancing transactions it is customary for the seller to pay for these costs. The landlord or their agents are under no legal obligation to answer such questions most will be willing to do so - albeit often at exorbitant prices where the fees bear little relation to the work involved. Unfortunately there is no law that requires fixed charges for administrative tasks. Neither is there any legal time frame by which they are obliged to supply the information.

Notwithstanding our best endeavours, we have been unsuccessful in trying to purchase the freehold in Brentwood. Can this matter be resolved via the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal?

Most certainly. We can put you in touch with a Brentwood conveyancing firm who can help.

An example of a Lease Extension case for a Brentwood property is 37 Lodge Court High Street in November 2013. the decision of the LVT was that the premium to be paid for the new lease was £25,559 This case related to 1 flat. The unexpired lease term was 57.5 years.

My a decade ago. He has since got married, divorced and has recently married again. He will be selling the apartment this June. I suspect that he will just be need to supply copies of the marriage certificates to the conveyancing practitioner however he is anxious it will hold up the conveyancing. Should he appoint a property lawyer to update the title information for the house?

You are not required to bring up to date the title for the property on the basis that you have the proof required to demonstrate how the change of name resulted.

Any buyer’s conveyancing practitioner should review the title information and requisition evidence by way of proof of the name change for example marriage certificates.