Lease Extensions, Explained
Shared Ownership Lease Extensions: Your Rights, Costs and When to Staircase
Understand how your ownership share affects your lease extension rights, costs and share of the value uplift, when to staircase, and what housing associations charge.
How Your Lease Can Stop You Getting a Mortgage: Lease Length and Ground Rent Explained
The top 147 UK mortgage lenders all check two things in your lease: the years remaining and the ground rent. The thresholds they use, how your mortgage term changes them, and your options if your flat falls short.
Renovating a Leasehold Flat: The Three Permissions You Need Before You Start
A new kitchen, bathroom or floor in a leasehold flat can need consent from your freeholder, planning permission and building regulations sign-off. Miss one and you may have to undo the work.
How a Lease Extension Works: Every Step From Section 42 Notice to Land Registry
The statutory lease extension process step by step: the Section 42 notice, the counter notice, negotiation, tribunal or court if your freeholder won't play ball, then drafting, completion and registration, with every deadline along the way.
The Best and Worst Time to Extend Your Flat's Lease: The 80-Year Cliff Edge
Below 80 years, marriage value can add tens of thousands of pounds to your lease extension. Where the cliff edge sits, whether waiting for leasehold reform is worth it, and how to judge your own urgency.
When a Lease Extension Goes Wrong: Court, Tribunal or a Missing Freeholder
Your freeholder can't refuse a lease extension, but it can still go wrong. The three ways it happens (an ignored notice, a dispute over price or terms, a freeholder who can't be found) and how court and tribunal deal with each.
Lease Extension FAQ: Costs, Marriage Value, Timescales and Who Qualifies
Answers to the lease extension questions leaseholders ask us most: what leasehold means, why lease length matters, marriage value, the five costs, who qualifies, how long it takes and how to pay for it.
Should You Extend Your Lease Now or Wait for Reform? Why Some Leaseholders Could Pay Double
Extend your lease now or wait for leasehold reform? Josef Wasinski explains how lease length, ground rent and legal costs decide who could pay less, and who could pay double, under the new rules.
Ground Rent Reforms: What the New Cap Means for Leaseholders
The government has capped ground rent on new leases at a peppercorn. Learn what this means for existing leaseholders, how it affects your lease extension, and what further reforms are expected.
How to Choose a Solicitor for Your Lease Extension
Choosing the right solicitor for your lease extension is critical. Learn what to look for, questions to ask, red flags to avoid, and why specialist experience matters more than price.
Formal vs Informal Lease Extensions: Which Route Should You Take?
Understand the key differences between formal (statutory) and informal (voluntary) lease extensions, including costs, timescales, legal protections, and which option is right for your situation.