• Cash invested: £75,000
• ROI: 11.2%
• Gross yield: 9.1%

We acquired a four-bed maisonette with only forty-nine years left on the lease—too short for most lenders and a major drag on value. Before exchange, our legal team confirmed the freeholder’s terms and the cost of a statutory lease extension so we could price the deal accurately and move fast once the keys were ours.

While solicitors progressed the extension, our build crew stripped the property back, commenced a full new refurbishment, and installed double-glazing throughout.

The lease was extended midway through the programme. By the time works completed, the maisonette presented as a spacious, modern home with a far longer unexpired term—two factors that drove a sharp uplift at valuation. Six months after purchase we refinanced, returned the client’s capital in full, and locked in a steady, hedge-inflation rental yield for the portfolio.