Stop! Your Lease Extension in Chessington Could Be FREE

Many leaseholders in Chessington 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 Chessington 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 Chessington lease extension


Top reasons for lease extension now:

Increase your lease and increase your Chessington property value

The only way is down when it comes to Chessington lease terms. Chessington leaseholds that have a residual term shorter than eighty years will reduce in market price even faster, and the cost to extend your lease will go up.

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

It is conventional wisdom that a property with in excess of 100 years remaining is worth roughly the equivalent as a freehold. Where an further 90 years added to any lease with more than 45 years left, the premises will be worth the same as a freehold for many years in the future.

Lenders may decide not to lend with a short lease

Banks and building societies differ in their lending criteria. Some set the bar at 75 years remaining on the lease; others may be prepared to lend with anything in excess 70 years. With less than 60 years, it may be problematic to get a mortgage in the first place.

Lender Requirement
Godiva Mortgages
National Westminster Bank
The Mortgage Works
Virgin
Yorkshire Building Society

What makes us experts in Chessington lease extensions?

The conveyancing solicitors that we work with undertake Chessington 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 conveyancing solicitor we work with provide it.

Chessington Lease Extension Example Cases:

Isabella, Chessington, South West London,

Following unsuccessful correspondence with the freeholder of her ground floor apartment in Chessington, Isabella commenced the lease extension process just as her lease was coming close to the all-important 80-year deadline. The transaction was finalised in April 2007. The landlord’s charges were kept to an absolute minimum.

Chessington case:

Ms A Anderson moved into a studio flat in Chessington in June 1998. We are asked if we could shed any light on how much (roughly) price could be to extend the lease by a further 90 years. Comparable flats in Chessington with a long lease were in the region of £210,600. The average amount of ground rent was £45 collected quarterly. The lease elapsed on 4 January 2088. Considering the 62 years remaining we calculated the premium to the landlord to extend the lease to be within £18,100 and £20,800 exclusive of legals.

Decision in Kingston upon Thames

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Chessington flat is Flat D 15 Claremont Gardens in September 2013. TheTribunal determined in accordance with section48 and Schedule13 of the Leasehold Reform,Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 that the premium for the extended lease should be fourteen thousand one hundred and eighty seven pounds (£14,187.00) This case related to 1 flat.