Reviews
Reviews for our lease extension service are incredibly important to Homehold. Our lease extension solicitors and surveyors strive to deliver a service worthy of a five-star review in each case.
When our Director, Linz, purchased his own freehold and then extended his lease, he experienced lacklustre service from the valuer and solicitor he appointed. We’ve also heard countless horror stories from other leaseholders. These include lease extension valuers producing poor quality lease extension valuations or agreeing inflated premiums. Equally, we have heard of solicitors serving invalid notices, missing deadlines, and agreeing defective leases.
Homehold are different.
We have redesigned the lease extension process specifically to improve the experience to customers. A core part of this has been to bring a process usually completed by solicitors and surveyors working independently of each other extension into a single process. We have our own valuation team at Homehold and own a specialist firm of lease extension solicitors to complete the legal work.
Not only do our reviews set us apart from our competition, they also provide a testament that we’re achieving the five-star service we set out to. Our team are passionate about our quality of service and read our reviews as the come in – nothing provides more of a boost than seeing your name mentioned in a testamonial by a happy client!
You can read our reviews from Google below and please look at the Trustpilot website too.
Below the reviews is more information on what to look for when choosing lease extension professionals, whether you use Homehold or another firm.
Google Reviews
What to look for in a review:
Lease Extension Surveyor reviews – what should I be looking for?
A good valuer and a solid lease extension valuation is very important for each lease extension – because it will affect how well your valuer can negotiate the premium.
We have seen some valuation reports which are no more than a quick look on Rightmove and punching some figures into an Excel spreadsheet. Read reviews from other customers to see if the quality of the analysis is referenced.
If you read our reviews, you can see that our clients often reference that we worked hard to negotiate them a fair lease extension price – and this is always based on extensive analysis of what other comparable properties have sold for.
You should also check reviews to see whether other people have referred using their valuer as an expert witness at First Tier Tribunal. While Tribunal is rarely needed for lease extensions, sometimes the threat is required to negotiate a good price – you need to know your valuer has the necessary expertise to attend if needed.
Lease extension solicitor reviews – what should I be looking for?
Using a specialist solicitor to complete your lease extension is important – because the process of extending a lease using the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 can be complicated.
The first thing you should check for in reviews is that the firm you are using has frequent reviews from customers relating to lease extensions. Even if they’re well reviewed for other services – conveyancing or divorce law perhaps – this doesn’t mean that they have sufficient expertise to do a good job of your lease extension.
Look through reviews to see what clients are saying about their lease extension solicitor. Did they take the time to explain the process and the advice they are providing? Did they work hard to remove any clauses from the lease that were not allowed under the legislation? Your lease is a contract that will last for decades into the future – it needs to be right!
How do Homehold consistently get such good reviews for our lease extension service?
We really have put customer service at the heart of what we do at Homehold.
Like all companies we have experiences where we could have done better. We try to be reflective and consider how we can refine our approach to achieve a better result next time. Equally, we value customer feedback and reflect into how we work.
What we find really shines out in our customer reviews is that we look after the lease extension process from start to finish, and as much as possible we take the stress out of the process for our client.
In our reviews clients value the fact that we manage each lease extension as though it is a project, and communicate regularly as we go through.
