Stop! Your Lease Extension in Finedon Could Be FREE

Many leaseholders in Finedon 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 Finedon 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 start your Finedon lease extension


Top reasons for lease extension now:

Increase your lease and increase your Finedon property value

When it comes to domestic leasehold premises in Finedon, you are in fact renting it for a certain period of time. In recent years flat leases typically tend to be for 99 years or 125. Even though this may appear like a lengthy period of time, you should consider a lease extension 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 notably once there are fewer than eighty years remaining. Anyone in Finedon with a lease drawing near to 81 years remaining should seriously think of extending it sooner as opposed to later. Once a lease has below eighty years left, under the relevant statute the freeholder can calculate and charge a larger amount, assessed on a technical calculation, strangely termed as “marriage value” which is payable.

An extended lease has roughly the same value as a freehold

Leasehold properties in Finedon with over one hundred years remaining on the lease are sometimes regarded as a ‘virtual freehold’. This is where the lease value the same as a freehold interest in your property. In such situations there is often little upside in buying the reversionary interest unless savings on ground rent and estate charges justify it.

Banks and Building Societies may decide not to grant a mortgage on a short lease

Banks and building societies are really restricting their approach as regards to homes in Finedon with short leases. For example you may find that their lending requirements are stricter and that they alter interest rates depending on how many years are left on the lease. Some may even refrain from lending completely, so where you wanted to sell, your remaining options would be to find a cash purchaser, or hope for the best at auction thus narrowing your market.

Lender Requirement
Chelsea Building Society
Coventry Building Society
Godiva Mortgages
Royal Bank of Scotland
Yorkshire Building Society

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

Lease extensions in Finedon can be a difficult process. We recommend you secure guidance from a conveyancing solicitor and valuer well versed in the legislation and lease extension process.

We provide you with an expert from a selection of lease extension solicitors, which ensures a targeted and efficient service as you have a dedicated port of call with an individual lawyer. Our lease extension solicitors have a wealth of experience procuring Finedon lease extensions and further afield, as well as any potential issues which may arise as well as problems with the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal.

Finedon Lease Extension Example Cases:

Kai, Finedon, Northamptonshire,

Kai was the the leasehold owner of a 2 bedroom apartment in Finedon being sold with a lease of fraction over 72 years left. Kai informally spoke with his freeholder being a well known Bristol-based freehold company for a lease extension. The freeholder was keen to grant an extension on non-statutory terms taking the lease to 125 years subject to a new rent initially set at £150 per annum and doubled every twenty five years thereafter. No ground rent would be payable on a lease extension were Kai to invoke his statutory right. Kai procured expert legal guidance and secured satisfactory resolution informally and sell the flat.

Finedon case:

In 2010 we were e-mailed by Dr Francesca Moreau who, having acquired a first floor flat in Finedon in June 2002. The dilemma was if we could shed any light on how much (approximately) premium could be for a ninety year lease extension. Comparable premises in Finedon with an extended lease were in the region of £261,600. The mid-range ground rent payable was £60 billed annually. The lease concluded on 16 February 2078. Considering the 52 years as a residual term we estimated the compensation to the freeholder for the lease extension to be between £39,000 and £45,000 exclusive of costs.

Finedon case:

Dr Riley Young was assigned a lease of a purpose-built apartment in Finedon in October 2000. We are asked if we could estimate the compensation to the landlord would likely be for a ninety year lease extension. Identical homes in Finedon with an extended lease were valued about £218,000. The mid-range amount of ground rent was £45 invoiced monthly. The lease terminated on 21 January 2089. Considering the 63 years remaining we estimated the compensation to the landlord to extend the lease to be within £17,100 and £19,800 not including fees.