Main reasons to start your Bagillt lease extension

Why you should start your Bagillt lease extension today:

A Bagillt leasehold property depreciates with the years remaining on the lease.

It’s an underpublicised certainty that a Bagillt residential lease is a wasting asset. The lease value reduces in proportion to its lease length. The extent of this is taken for granted in the first few years due to the deflation being disguised by increases in the Bagillt property market.Once your lease nears 85ish years, you need to start considering a lease extension. If lease term dips under 80 years, you will end up paying half of the property's 'marriage value' on top of the usual cost of the lease extension to the landlord. Marriage value is the amount of additional value that a lease extension will add the property Most leasehold owners in Bagillt will be able to extend under the legislation; however a conveyancer will be able to confirm whether you are eligibility. In some situations you may not be entitled. There are also strict deadlines and procedures to follow once the process is instigated and you will need to be guided by your lawyer throughout the formalities.

An extended lease has roughly the same value as a freehold

It is conventional wisdom that a property with more than one hundred years remaining is worth approximately the equivalent as a freehold. Where an further 90 years added to any lease with more than 45 years remaining, the residence will be worth the same as a freehold for many years ahead.

Lending institutions may not loan monies with a short lease

Most banks have tightened lending criteria in the last ten years and borrowers are encountering difficulties in arranging funding or re-mortgage against property with shorter lease terms, particularly below seventy years as they are regarded as insufficient for lending purposes.

What makes us experts in Bagillt lease extensions?

The conveyancing solicitors that we work with procure Bagillt lease extensions and help protect your position. A lease extension can be arranged to be completed to coincide with a change of ownership so the costs of the lease extension are paid for using part of the sale proceeds. You really do need expert legal advice in this difficult and technical area of law. The conveyancing solicitor we work with provide it.

Bagillt Lease Extension Case Studies:

Isabel, Bagillt, Flintshire,

Subsequent to unsuccessful negotiations with the landlord of her first floor apartment in Bagillt, Isabel commenced the lease extension process just as her lease was coming close to the all-important eighty-year threshold. The legal work was finalised in August 2010. The landlord’s fees were kept to an absolute minimum.

Bagillt case:

Mr Joseph González took over the lease of a purpose-built flat in Bagillt in August 2009. The question was if we could estimate the premium would likely be for a 90 year extension to my lease. Comparative flats in Bagillt with 100 year plus lease were in the region of £275,000. The average amount of ground rent was £55 collected quarterly. The lease expired on 17 January 2102. Taking into account 76 years left we calculated the premium to the landlord to extend the lease to be within £9,500 and £11,000 exclusive of costs.

Bagillt case:

In 2013 we were contacted by Dr Leo Mitchell who, having acquired a first floor apartment in Bagillt in June 2001. We are asked if we could shed any light on how much (approximately) compensation to the landlord could be for a ninety year lease extension. Comparative homes in Bagillt with 100 year plus lease were valued about £176,200. The mid-range amount of ground rent was £65 billed annually. The lease concluded on 7 March 2082. Having 56 years remaining we estimated the premium to the freeholder to extend the lease to be between £29,500 and £34,000 plus legals.