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Why you should start your Tufnell Park lease extension


Main reasons to start your Tufnell Park lease extension today:

Increase your lease and increase your Tufnell Park property value

Chances are that where you own a flat in Tufnell Park you actually own a long leasehold interest over your property

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

Leasehold residencies in Tufnell Park with over one hundred years unexpired on the lease are often regarded as a ‘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 to be gained by buying the freehold unless savings on ground rent and maintenance charges merit it.

Mortgage lenders will not issue a mortgage with a short lease

Nearly all mortgage companies require a lengthy amount of time remaining on any leasehold residence before they will consider lending on it. Regardless of whether you require a mortgage, you should be mindful that it is likely that someone wanting to purchase your property in the future might well do, so where they are unable to obtain a mortgage, then the financial worth of the property will likely be adversely impacted. Since 2008 the majority of banks and building societies have increased the required minimum lease length that they are willing to accept

Lender Requirement
Barclays plc Leases with less than 70 years at the commencement of the mortgage should be declined (see exception below).

Leases with greater than 70 years but fewer than 85 years remaining must be referred to issuing office.

Leases with fewer than 70 years should only be referred to the issuing office where the following scenario applies, as discretion may be applied subject to bank approval:

• Property is located in any of the following prestigious developments: Cadogan, Crown, Grosvenor, Howard de Walden, Portman or Wellcome Trust Estates in Central London AND
• The value of the property subject to the short remaining term is £500,000 or more AND
• The loan to value does not exceed 90% for purchases, 90% like for like re-mortgages, 80% for re-mortgages with any element of capital raising and 80% for existing Barclays mortgage borrowers applying for additional borrowing;
Leeds Building Society 85 years remaining from the start 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
TSB Minimum of 70 years at mortgage commencement, with 30 years remaining at mortgage redemption.

What makes us experts in Tufnell Park lease extensions?

The lawyers that we work with procure Tufnell Park 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.

Tufnell Park Lease Extension Case Studies:

Alfie, Tufnell Park, North London

Last year Alfie, started to get close to the eighty-year mark with the lease on his garden flat in Tufnell Park. Having bought his property twenty years ago, the lease term was of little significance. by good luck, it dawned on him that he needed to take action soon on a lease extension. Alfie extended the lease at the eleventh hour in July. Alfie and the landlord in the end settled on sum of £5,500 . If he not met the deadline, the premium would have become more exhorbitant by a minimum £1,150.

Tufnell Park case:

In 2011 we were phoned by Mr and Mrs. R Clarke who, having bought a first floor flat in Tufnell Park in March 2002. We are asked if we could estimate the premium could be to extend the lease by an additional years. Comparative premises in Tufnell Park with 100 year plus lease were in the region of £280,000. The average ground rent payable was £55 invoiced yearly. The lease expired on 20 April 2103. Having 78 years remaining we calculated the compensation to the freeholder for the lease extension to be within £13,300 and £15,400 exclusive of legals.

Decision in Camden

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Tufnell Park residence is Flat 2 27 Mackeson Road in December 2012. The Tribunal assessed the value of the lease extension premium at £35,435 and rounded the figure to £35,500 This case affected 1 flat. The number of years remaining on the existing lease(s) was 64.77 years.