DH is being relocated to Manchester so I am looking at houses (very small ones) in Hale, Manchester and some of them have 999 year leases. I called the agent and they told me this was normal. It sounds very dubious to me as:
1 - the leaseholds are all 999 years with GBP100 ground rent per year. That means the owner of the freehold has just taken it out.
2 - When I told the agent that I know I can buy the leasehold after two years but I would like any bid we submit to include the freehold. The agent told me that we can't do that. We are talking regular 3 bed semis here,.... Am I not able to submit a bid that also includes the freehold as part of the offer?
Is this normal? Has anyone neigotiated the leasehold when buying a property like this or does everyone wait for the 2 year period?
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Leasehold on a semi in the burbs of Manchester
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Want2bSupermum · 20/10/2010 02:01
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