Template letter to landlord: asking to extend your lease

You can use this template to ask your landlord informally about extending your lease.

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To use this template:

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• replace the text in square brackets with your details

[Landlord’s name]

[Landlord’s address]

[Date]

Dear [landlord’s name]

I am the leaseholder of [insert address of the flat] and I am writing to you to enquire about extending the lease of my flat. I presently have (insert number of years) left on my lease.

Please confirm whether you are agreeable to negotiate the extension of my lease and, please set out the price and terms on which you are prepared to do so.

We/I look forward to hearing from you by [insert a date for landlord to respond, giving them a reasonable period of time to do so].

Yours faithfully/sincerely,

[Insert your name]

[Sign]