Main reasons to commence your East London lease extension

Main reasons to start your East London lease extension today:

A East London lease depreciates with the years remaining on the lease.

Chances are that if you own a flat in East London you actually own a long leasehold interest over your property

East London property with a lease extension is almost the same value as a freehold

Leasehold properties in East London 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 property. In such situations there is often little to be gained by buying the freehold unless savings on ground rent and maintenance charges justify it.

Mortgage lenders may decide not to finance a property on a short lease

Many banks and building societies require a lengthy amount of time remaining on any leasehold residence before they will contemplate lending on it. Even if you don't need a mortgage, you should bear in mind that it is likely that someone wanting to buy your property in the future might well do, so where they can't get a mortgage, then the value of the property could suffer. In the last decade most banks and building societies have increased the required minimum lease length that they are willing to lend on

What makes us experts in East London lease extensions?

Using our service will provide you better control over the value of your East London leasehold, as your property will be more valuable and saleable in terms of lease length should you want to sell. The lawyers that we work with are well versed in the legislation handling many hundreds of lease extensions or freehold purchase transactions.

East London Lease Extension Example Cases:

Chloe, East London, London,

Off the back of lengthy discussions with the freeholder of her purpose-built apartment in East London, Chloe initiated the lease extension process just as the lease was approaching the crucial eighty-year deadline. The transaction completed in March 2007. The freeholder’s charges were kept to an absolute minimum.

East London case:

Last month we were approach by Mrs Phoebe Hernández , who purchased a studio flat in East London in July 2000. We are asked if we could approximate the premium could be for a ninety year extension to my lease. Identical premises in East London with a long lease were in the region of £254,200. The mid-range ground rent payable was £60 collected quarterly. The lease ended on 9 November 2074. Having 51 years unexpired we estimated the compensation to the freeholder for the lease extension to be within £43,700 and £50,600 not including legals.