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Extend your lease
Check if you can extend your lease. Find out how to extend it formally or informally, how much it costs and about the terms of the extension.
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Eligibility
The eligibility requirements are different depending on which route you take.
Formal (statutory) route
Housing law allows owners of leasehold flats bought under the Right to Buy or Social HomeBuy schemes to extend the length of their lease by 90 years.
You must:
- have owned the lease for at least 2 years
- not be a commercial or business tenant
- own 100% of your lease if you bought with Social HomeBuy
Informal (voluntary) route
If you choose the informal route you do not need to have owned the lease for 2 years.
If we're not the freeholder, you must have a lease that allows the extension.