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Current place is share of freehold, but the lease the flat came with was already 900+ years so no need to extend it. Overall it works well. The main burden on the freeholders is annual buildings insurance and ensuring you have a suitable fund for general maintenance works as (at least in our case) we've had to all contribute to some repointing and some other general bits. (The roof was done 10+ years ago and will last for ages as it was done really well.)
I can't imagine the solicitors fees should be heavy at all to extend an existing lease(s) if you own a share of the freehold. Worth getting a quotes to extend one, also all 3 leases, to 999 years and then no-one has to think about it ever again.