Who is exempt from lease extension?

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The vast majority of residential leases originally granted for at least 21 years, are eligible Who is exempt from lease extension?for lease extension.Under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, lessees have a legal right in extending the lease on their flats for an additional 90 years without ground rent, although they will need to pay the freeholder to take up this right. but certain types of property are exempt from lease extension.

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The right the right to extend your lease – are you or your property exempt?

Certain leaseholders however are completely exempt from the right to a statutory  lease extension, including if:

• the freeholder is part of a charitable housing trust and the flat is provided by the charity as part of charitable work

• the original lease was granted for less than 21 years

• the property is a National Trust building

• the property is owned by the Crown

• the property is within the boundaries of a cathedral precinct

• the flat is owned on a “shared ownership” basis and the leaseholder has not “staircased” up to 100% ownership.

• it is a business lease

• they have been registered as the owner for less than two years

My property is exempt from the right to lease extension. Can I still agree an informal lease extension with the freeholder?

Although in all other cases it is your legal right to apply for an extended lease, these factors not necessarily make you outright exempt.

So yes, it it may still be possible to attempt to arrange a leasehold extension via an informal negotiation with your landlord. However there are risks in going down this voluntary route, rather than the more formal or statutory route.
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