Lease extension for flats

Find out about your rights to extend the lease of your flat, and the rules, costs and process for lease extension.

Lease extension and leasehold reforms

Things to consider when deciding whether to extend your lease now or to wait for the leasehold reforms.

Advice guide

In this section

Lease extension: getting started
What to consider before starting a lease extension and how to prepare.
Advice guide
Lease extension: the informal route
How the informal lease extension process works and what to consider before agreeing
Advice guide
Lease extension: the formal route
Step-by-step guidance on extending your lease using the formal legal process
Advice guide
Lease extension for special situations
When the standard lease extension process may not apply and what your options are
Advice guide
Lease extension valuation
How lease extension valuations work and why it's important to get professional advice.
Advice guide
Marriage value
What marriage value is, when it applies, and how it affects lease extension costs.
Advice guide

Please note that there are plans for reform of the valuation principles.

Things to know if you're buying a leasehold flat, and the buying and selling process

Topic - Buying and selling

How lease extension works for leasehold houses and how it differs from flats.

Advice guide

Use our tool to check the length of a lease on a property in England and Wales, and get information on whether to extend your lease.

Check a lease length

Template letter to landlord: asking to extend your lease
Example letter to ask your landlord informally about extending your lease
Template - Lease extension