Stop! Your Lease Extension in Nannerch Could Be FREE

Many leaseholders in Nannerch are unaware that their original lawyer had a duty to warn them about future mortgageability and saleability issues. Before you pay thousands to your freeholder, let us audit your purchase history. You might have a claim that pays for your lease extension in full

If you are facing a significant premium because your lease in Nannerch has dropped toward the 80-year mark, your previous lawyer may be at fault. Our panel of experts specialise in recovering lease extension costs from negligent firms who failed to protect your investment.

Why you should commence your Nannerch lease extension


Why you should commence your Nannerch lease extension today:

A Nannerch lease depreciates with the years remaining on the lease.

With a long leasehold property in Nannerch, you are actually purchasing a right to reside in a property for a set period of time. These days flat leases are usually granted for 99 years or 125. Many leasehold owners are unconcerned as this seems like a long period of time, you should think about extending the lease sooner as opposed to later. The general rule is that the shorter the number of years is the cost of extending the lease gets disproportionately greater especially when there are less than 80 years remaining. Anyone in Nannerch with a lease nearing 81 years unexpired should seriously think of extending it sooner as opposed to later. When a lease has under eighty years left, under the current legislation the landlord is entitled to calculate and demand a greater amount, based on a technical computation, strangely termed as “marriage value” which is due.

An extended lease has roughly the same value as a freehold

Leasehold properties in Nannerch with in excess of one hundred years remaining on the lease are often referred to as ‘virtual freehold’. This is where the lease is worth the same as a freehold interest in your home. In such circumstances there is often little to be gained by purchasing the reversionary interest unless savings on ground rent and maintenance charges justify it.

Lending institutions may not finance a property on a short lease

The propensity since over the last decade has been for lenders to tighten lending criteria generally - this has extended to the property over which the home loan is to be charged. This has meant the minimum number of years remaining under the lease required by mortgage companies has increased. In the past lenders were content with twenty years plus the term of the loan - typically fifty year leases but those requirements have been chipped away by the requirement for longer and longer leases - many now have a minimum term of 75 years as standard.

Lender Requirement
Chelsea Building Society 85 years from the date of completion of the mortgage. Please ensure that you explain the implications of a short term lease to the borrower.
Halifax Minimum 70 years from the date of the mortgage.
Skipton Building Society 85 years from the date of completion of the mortgage

For Buy to Let cases:
- lettings must not breach any of the lessee’s covenants; and
- consent of the lessor to lettings must be obtained if necessary
Royal Bank of Scotland Mortgage term plus 30 years.
Virgin 85 years at the time of completion. If it's less, we require it to be extended on or before completion.

Why use us for your lease extension in Nannerch?

Regardless of whether you are a tenant or a freeholder in Nannerch,the lease extension experts that we work with will always be prepared to discuss any residential leasehold matters and offer you the benefit of their experience and the close ties they enjoy with Nannerch valuers.

Nannerch Lease Extension Case Summaries:

Felix, Nannerch, Flintshire

During the course of the last few months Felix, started to get near to the 80-year mark with the lease on his basement apartment in Nannerch. Having purchased his property twenty years previously, the lease term was of minimal bearing. by good luck, he became aware that he needed to take action soon on Extending the lease. Felix arranged for a lease extension just under the wire in July. Felix and the freeholder via the management company in the end agreed on the final figure of £6,000 . If the lease had gone below 80 years, the price would have escalated by a minimum £875.

Nannerch case:

Last June we were approach by Mr and Mrs. P Michel , who purchased a first floor flat in Nannerch in May 2004. We are asked if we could shed any light on how much (roughly) compensation to the landlord would likely be for a ninety year extension to my lease. Comparative flats in Nannerch with 100 year plus lease were valued around £205,000. The mid-range amount of ground rent was £50 invoiced every twelve months. The lease elapsed in 2105. Having 79 years unexpired we estimated the premium to the freeholder for the lease extension to be within £8,600 and £9,800 not including fees.

Nannerch case:

In 2010 we were contacted by Mr and Mrs. M Baker who, having bought a studio apartment in Nannerch in June 1997. We are asked if we could estimate the premium could be for a 90 year lease extension. Comparative properties in Nannerch with a long lease were valued about £275,000. The average ground rent payable was £65 collected monthly. The lease ran out in 2094. Given that there were 68 years remaining we approximated the premium to the landlord to extend the lease to be between £12,400 and £14,200 exclusive of expenses.