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Extending a lease keeps a leasehold property's value up and makes it easier to sell or remortgage later — most lenders are cautious about short leases. You can usually extend informally (negotiating directly with the freeholder) or through the statutory process, which gives qualifying leaseholders a legal right to extend.
Why extend a lease?
As a lease gets shorter, a property becomes harder to mortgage and more expensive to extend later, and its value can be affected — many leaseholders extend well before their lease runs particularly short, to protect the property's value and make it easier to sell or remortgage in future.
What's the difference between the statutory and informal route?
Qualifying leaseholders (generally having owned the property at least two years) have a legal right to extend under the statutory process, typically adding 90 years and reducing ground rent to a nominal amount, with set timescales. Negotiating informally with the freeholder can be quicker, but the terms aren't fixed by law in the same way.
What does a conveyancer do during a lease extension?
Reviews the existing lease, serves or responds to the relevant statutory notices if that route is used, deals with the premium (usually assessed by a valuer rather than the conveyancer), and registers the new, extended lease at HM Land Registry once it's agreed.
Will lease extension fees vary between firms?
Yes — it's specialised enough that not every firm handles it, and fees vary depending on whether the statutory or informal route is used, so an itemised quote helps show what's included in the legal fee versus what's a separate disbursement, such as valuation or Land Registry costs.
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