With a long leasehold premises in Wotton under Edge, you are actually purchasing a right to live in a property for a set period of time. These days flat leases are usually granted for 99 years or 125. Even though this may appear like a long period of time, you may consider a lease extension sooner as opposed to later. Accepted thinking is that the shorter the lease is the cost of extending the lease becomes disproportionately greater particularly once there are less than 80 years remaining. Leasehold owners in Wotton under Edge with a lease nearing 81 years remaining should seriously consider extending it without delay. When a lease has under eighty years remaining, under the current statute the freeholder is entitled to calculate and charge a greater premium, based on a technical multiplication, known as “marriage value” which is due.
It is conventional wisdom that a property with more than one hundred years remaining is worth approximately the equivalent as a freehold. Where an additional ninety years added to any lease with more than 45 years left, the property will be equivalent in value to a freehold for many years ahead.
| Lender | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Barnsley Building Society | |
| Coventry Building Society | |
| Halifax | |
| Leeds Building Society | |
| Royal Bank of Scotland |
Irrespective of whether you are a tenant or a landlord in Wotton under Edge,the lease extension lawyers that we work with will always be prepared to discuss any residential leasehold matters and offer you the benefit of their experience and the close ties they enjoy with Wotton under Edge valuers.
Following protracted correspondence with the landlord of her first floor flat in Wotton under Edge, Holly commenced the lease extension process as the eighty year deadline was quickly advancing. The lease extension was concluded in January 2010. The freeholder’s fees were restricted to below 600 pounds.
Last month we were contacted by Mr and Mrs. G Roberts , who moved into a one bedroom flat in Wotton under Edge in June 1998. We are asked if we could estimate the price would be to extend the lease by 90 years. Identical residencies in Wotton under Edge with a long lease were worth £193,400. The mid-range amount of ground rent was £65 collected monthly. The lease ended in 2085. Having 59 years unexpired we approximated the premium to the landlord to extend the lease to be between £21,900 and £25,200 not including professional charges.
Dr Muhammad Norbert purchased a one bedroom flat in Wotton under Edge in March 2004. The dilemma was if we could approximate the premium would likely be to extend the lease by a further 90 years. Comparable properties in Wotton under Edge with a long lease were worth £255,000. The mid-range ground rent payable was £50 collected monthly. The lease ended in 2096. Considering the 70 years left we estimated the compensation to the freeholder to extend the lease to be within £10,500 and £12,000 exclusive of professional charges.