What does 'Lease Length' mean when buying a property?
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Lease Length
If you are buying a leasehold property you are essentially buying the right to live in that property for a certain number of years after which the property must be returned to the freeholder.
The Freeholder is the person who owns the bricks and mortar of the property and the land underneath.
The number of years left on the lease before it must be returned are known as the "lease length" or the length of the lease.
Once you own the property, if you feel the lease length is short (anything around 70 years or less) you can approach the freeholder and negotiate a price for a lease extension.
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