Stop! Your Lease Extension in Streetly Could Be FREE

Many leaseholders in Streetly 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 Streetly 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.

Main reasons to commence your Streetly lease extension


Why you should start your Streetly lease extension today:

Increase your lease and increase your Streetly property value

Streetly leases on residential deteriorating in value. Where your lease has approximately ninety years unexpired, you should start thinking about a lease extension. If lease term is less than eighty years, you will then have to pay half of the property's 'marriage value' on top of the standard cost of the lease extension to the landlord. Marriage value is the amount of additional value that a lease extension will add to the property. Leasehold owners in Streetly will mostly qualify for a lease extension; however a solicitor will check if you qualify. In certain circumstances you may not qualify. There are prescribed timetables and formalities to follow once the process has commenced so it’s prudent to be guided by a lawyer during the process.

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

Leasehold residencies in Streetly with more than one hundred years outstanding on the lease are sometimes regarded as a ‘virtual freehold’. This is where the lease is worth the same as a freehold interest in your premises. In such situations there is often little to be gained by purchasing the reversionary interest unless savings on ground rent and service charges merit it.

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

Most mortgage lenders have tightened lending criteria in the last ten years and borrowers are finding it increasingly difficult to raise funding or re-mortgage against property with shorter lease terms, particularly under seventy years as they are considered to be insufficient for lending purposes.

Lender Requirement
Barnsley Building Society
Coventry Building Society
Leeds Building Society
National Westminster Bank
Santander

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

Engaging our service will provide you better control over the value of your Streetly leasehold, as your property will be more valuable and marketable in terms of lease length should you want to sell. The lawyers that we work with have a in-depth market knowledge handling many hundreds of lease extensions or freehold purchase transactions.

Streetly Lease Extension Example Cases:

Gabriel, Streetly, Birmingham

14 months ago Gabriel, started to get near to the 80-year threshold with the lease on his one bedroom apartment in Streetly. Having purchased his property 18 years ago, the lease term was of minimal concern. by good luck, he noticed he would imminently be paying an escalated premium for Extending the lease. Gabriel was able to extend his lease at the eleventh hour in June. Gabriel and the landlord who owned the flat above ultimately agreed on the final figure of £5,000 . If he had missed the deadline, the price would have gone up by a minimum £1,100.

Streetly case:

Mr and Mrs. V Alexander bought a ground floor apartment in Streetly in January 2008. The dilemma was if we could approximate the price would likely be to extend the lease by ninety years. Comparative residencies in Streetly with a long lease were valued around £174,200. The average ground rent payable was £55 collected quarterly. The lease terminated in 2077. Having 51 years left we approximated the premium to the freeholder for the lease extension to be between £31,400 and £36,200 exclusive of legals.

Streetly case:

Dr R Howard completed a newly refurbished flat in Streetly in June 2007. The question was if we could estimate the premium could be for a ninety year extension to my lease. Comparative residencies in Streetly with an extended lease were in the region of £285,000. The mid-range ground rent payable was £45 collected monthly. The lease came to a finish in 2097. Having 71 years remaining we approximated the compensation to the landlord to extend the lease to be between £12,400 and £14,200 not including legals.