Wennington residential property held on a long lease is a depreciating asset because a leaseholder merely owns the property for a set term.
It is generally considered that a property with more than 100 years remaining is worth roughly the equivalent as a freehold. Where an further ninety years added to any lease with more than 30 years unexpired, the premises will be equivalent in value to a freehold for many years ahead.
| Lender | Requirement |
|---|---|
| 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 remaing from the start of the mortgage. |
| Lloyds TSB Scotland | Minimum 70 years from the date 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. |
| Skipton Building Society | 85 years from the date of completion of the mortgage For Buy to Let cases: - lettings must not breach any of the lessee’s covenants; and - consent of the lessor to lettings must be obtained if necessary |
The lawyers that we work with undertake Wennington lease extensions and help protect your position. A lease extension can be arranged to be completed to coincide with a change of ownership so the costs of the lease extension are paid for using part of the sale proceeds. You really do need expert legal advice in this difficult and technical area of law. The lawyer we work with provide it.
Off the back of lengthy correspondence with the landlord of her basement flat in Wennington, Maisie initiated the lease extension process just as the lease was approaching the critical 80-year threshold. The legal work was finalised in September 2014. The landlord’s fees were restricted to approximately 700 GBP.
In 2012 we were e-mailed by Dr Stanley Johnson who, having completed a studio apartment in Wennington in January 2012. The question was if we could estimate the compensation to the landlord could be to prolong the lease by ninety years. Identical premises in Wennington with a long lease were in the region of £171,800. The average amount of ground rent was £55 collected annually. The lease ran out on 20 February 2073. Considering the 50 years remaining we calculated the compensation to the freeholder to extend the lease to be between £33,300 and £38,400 exclusive of expenses.
An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Wennington property is Various @ Colombus Square in January 2012. the Tribunal calculated the premiums to be paid for new leases for each of the flats in Mariners Walk to be £3822 and the premium to be paid for the new lease of 2 Knights Court to be £4439. This case affected 13 flats. The unexpired lease term was 76 years.