Stop! Your Lease Extension in Catterick Garrison Could Be FREE

Many leaseholders in Catterick Garrison 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 Catterick Garrison 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.

Top reasons for Catterick Garrison lease extension


Main reasons to commence your Catterick Garrison lease extension today:

A Catterick Garrison lease depreciates with the years remaining on the lease.

The only way is down when it comes to Catterick Garrison lease terms. Catterick Garrison flats that have a lease term fewer than eighty years will reduce in value at a rapid rate, and the cost to extend your lease will increase.

Catterick Garrison property with a lease extension has roughly the same value as a freehold

It is conventional wisdom that a residential leasehold with in excess of 100 years remaining is worth approximately the same as a freehold. Where an additional 90 years added to any lease with more than 35 years left, the residence will be equivalent in value to a freehold for many years in the future.

Lending institutions will not issue a mortgage on a short lease

Almost all mortgage companies will be unwilling to grant a mortgage on a lease with under seventy years left to run - although this varies between mortgage companies. A buyer will no doubt find it difficult to obtain a mortgage and this could result in your Catterick Garrison property being difficult to sell or refinance.

Lender Requirement
Barnsley Building Society 60 years from the date of the mortgage application subject to 35 years remaining at the end of the mortgage term.
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.
Coventry Building Society A minimum of 70 years unexpired lease at completion for all scheme types apart from Lifetime Mortgages (Equity Release), which require a minimum unexpired term of 80 years at completion.
Leeds Building Society 85 years remaining from the start of the mortgage.
Santander You must report the unexpired lease term to us and await our instructions if:
1. the unexpired term assumed by our valuer is between 55 and 82 years, but the actual unexpired term differs by more than one year (whether longer or shorter); or
2. the unexpired term assumed by our valuer is more than 82 years but the actual unexpired term is less than 82 years; or
3. no valuation report is provided
However, we will not accept a lease where on expiry of the mortgage:
(i) less than 50 years remain and all or part of the loan is repaid on an interest-only basis: or
(ii) less than 30 years remain and the loan is repaid on a capital and interest basis

We will accept a lease that has been extended under the provisions of the Leasehold Reform Act 1993 provided statutory compensation would be available to the leaseholder.

Get in touch with one of our Catterick Garrison lease extension solicitors or enfranchisement solicitors

Retaining our service gives you enhanced control over the value of your Catterick Garrison leasehold, as your property will be more valuable and marketable in respect of lease length should you want to sell. The conveyancers that we work with have a in-depth market knowledge handling many hundreds of lease extensions or freehold purchase transactions.

Catterick Garrison Lease Extension Example Cases:

Alexander, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire

16 months ago Alexander, started to get near to the 80-year threshold with the lease on his garden flat in Catterick Garrison. In buying his property two decades ago, the unexpired term was of no relevance. by good luck, he realised he needed to take action soon on a lease extension. Alexander arranged for a lease extension at the eleventh hour in May. Alexander and the landlord in the end agreed on sum of £5,500 . If he failed to meet the deadline, the price would have gone up by at least £1,050.

Catterick Garrison case:

In 2014 we were called by Ms P Lefebvre who, having was assigned a lease of a basement flat in Catterick Garrison in September 2003. We are asked if we could approximate the price would likely be to prolong the lease by ninety years. Identical residencies in Catterick Garrison with a long lease were worth £193,400. The average ground rent payable was £65 collected yearly. The lease termination date was in 2085. Given that there were 59 years remaining we estimated the premium to the freeholder to extend the lease to be between £21,900 and £25,200 not including fees.

Catterick Garrison case:

Last year we were contacted by Mr and Mrs. E Roberts , who was assigned a lease of a garden apartment in Catterick Garrison in September 1998. We are asked if we could approximate the price could be to extend the lease by an additional years. Similar flats in Catterick Garrison with an extended lease were worth £255,000. The mid-range amount of ground rent was £50 invoiced quarterly. The lease elapsed on 21 May 2096. Taking into account 70 years remaining we estimated the premium to the freeholder to extend the lease to be within £10,500 and £12,000 exclusive of costs.