Purchasing a freehold

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nascarrules

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Thursday 28th July 2016
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I'm just after some advice about purchasing my freehold as I'm unsure how to proceed.
A little bit of background information, my house is leasehold on a private estate and I currently pay £30 per year with approximately 72 years left remaining on my lease. I currently pay the money each year to a leasehold management company who then pass that money onto the freeholder. I enquired about purchasing the freehold through the leasehold management company and with a bit of negotiation we have now agreed a price that I'm relatively happy to pay.
Is it as simple as sending a cheque off to the leasehold management company, who then send me the transfer documents and relevant land registry forms which I need to complete and send off to the land registry office. Or should I involve a solicitor or surveyor to help with this? Or is there anyone on PH who deals with this sort of thing who could be recommended.
Thanks