Stop! Your Lease Extension in Hayling Island Could Be FREE

Many leaseholders in Hayling Island 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 Hayling Island 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 Hayling Island lease extension


Top reasons for lease extension now:

A Hayling Island lease depreciates with the years remaining on the lease.

When it comes to residential leasehold premises in Hayling Island, you are in fact renting it for a certain amount of time. In recent years flat leases are usually granted for 99 years or 125. Many leasehold owners become complacent as this seems like a long period of time, you should consider a lease extension sooner as opposed to later. The general rule is that the shorter the lease is the cost of extending the lease increases markedly particularly when there are fewer than eighty years left. Leasehold owners in Hayling Island with a lease drawing near to 81 years left should seriously think of extending it sooner rather than later. Once the lease term has under 80 years left, under the current Act the landlord can calculate and levy a larger amount, assessed on a technical calculation, strangely termed as “marriage value” which is due.

Hayling Island property with a lease extension has roughly the same value as a freehold

Leasehold residencies in Hayling Island with more than one hundred years remaining on the lease are sometimes referred to as ‘virtual freehold’. This is where the lease is worth the same as a freehold interest in your home. In such situations there is often little upside in purchasing the reversionary interest unless savings on ground rent and service charges merit it.

Mortgage lenders may decide not to grant a mortgage with a short lease

Most banks have narrowed their lending criteria in recent years and borrowers are finding it increasingly difficult to raise finance or re-mortgage against property with shorter lease terms, particularly under 75 years as they are deemed to be insufficient for lending purposes.

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

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

Lease extensions in Hayling Island can be a difficult process. We recommend you obtain professional help 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 in-depth market knowledge dealing with Hayling Island lease extensions and further afield, as well as any potential issues which may arise as well as problems with the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal.

Hayling Island Lease Extension Example Cases:

Erin, Hayling Island, Hampshire,

Trailing lengthy negotiations with the freeholder of her basement flat in Hayling Island, Erin initiated the lease extension process as the 80 year mark was swiftly advancing. The transaction was finalised in June 2008. The landlord’s charges were restricted to less than 450 pounds.

Hayling Island case:

Dr Michael Scott owned a studio flat in Hayling Island in July 1997. We are asked if we could approximate the premium would likely be for a ninety year extension to my lease. Comparative flats in Hayling Island with 100 year plus lease were worth £264,000. The average amount of ground rent was £60 billed every twelve months. The lease finished in 2079. Taking into account 53 years remaining we calculated the premium to the landlord to extend the lease to be within £37,100 and £42,800 not including legals.

Hayling Island case:

Last Spring we were e-mailed by Mr and Mrs. A Rodríguez , who acquired a first floor flat in Hayling Island in January 2000. The dilemma was if we could approximate the price would be for a 90 year lease extension. Comparable residencies in Hayling Island with a long lease were in the region of £225,400. The mid-range amount of ground rent was £45 collected monthly. The lease elapsed in 2090. Considering the 64 years as a residual term we calculated the premium to the freeholder for the lease extension to be within £16,200 and £18,600 not including costs.