Our fixed fee lease extension service
We offer a fixed legal fee of £1495 plus VAT (20 %) to assist you with a statutory lease extension. This is your right to add 90 years to your lease and replace your ground rent (including a doubling ground rent or RPI ground rent) with a peppercorn rent (nil) by serving a section 42 notice on the freeholder.
This is a legal right that cannot be denied by your freeholder provided the correct process is followed. The advantage over informal negotiations with your freeholder is that the formal process has a fixed timeline.
If you are in the information gathering phase, you will find all the information you need in our lease extension guidance page.
To get started and fix the valuation date of the lease premium with a section 42 notice before the lease gets any shorter, read on.
Count on a specialist, experienced leasehold lawyer
Our specialist leasehold solicitor, Ricky Coleman, has over a decade of experience in advising leaseholders and has overseen thousands of lease extensions varying in complexity and value. We handle cases for clients across the country using remote onboarding and electronic document signing. Our clients are always surprised at how effortless and quick we make the process compared to previous experiences.
Ricky will be your point of contact and your case will not be passed to a team of paralegals. We believe that for some, their property is their most important asset, and knowing who is handling your case gives peace of mind.
We handle the key steps of the section 42 process, guiding you every step of the way
prepare section 42 notice
review your legal title, lease and related documents in order to prepare the claim and advise you on any issues arising following our review
negotiate your new lease terms
once the counter notice is received we negotiate the new lease terms. We will never accept onerous new lease clauses and will fight on your behalf to ensure you receive exactly what you are entitled to, no less.
complete and register
arrange for completion, pre-completion searches and gather in funds from you. We then register the new lease and update you as the application progresses.
Good to know
In addition to your legal costs, you'll need to budget for the lease premium payable to the freeholder, your valuation surveyors fees and the freeholders costs. We've prepared a comprehensive guide, to give you comfort on the likely overall costs of the s.42 notice process.
A good starting point is to use our lease extension calculator.
Leaseholder client, Crawley
Ricky assisted us with a lease extension. Ricky made the whole process easy to understand and stress-free, and the whole process was much quicker than we had anticipated.
Leaseholder client, Kent
I can't recommend Ricky highly enough. He made the process of extending the lease on my property simple and trouble free and was super friendly and professional throughout. I had been putting off getting this done for years worrying that it would be complicated and very expensive. Thank you Ricky for providing a superb service.
Leaseholder client, Essex
Ricky helped me get my lease extension completed. He was helpful throughout, explained all my options and the process with great clarity. He kept me updated all the way through, and pushed all other parties to get everything sorted as quickly as possible!
