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Leasehold calculator

A leasehold price only means something once you divide it by the years you actually get. Put in the asking price and the remaining term and this works out the effective cost per year, what an uncertain extension does to that figure, and how it compares with simply renting an equivalent home.

What leasehold means here

A lease is a contract giving you the use of a property for a fixed number of years over somebody else’s underlying title. When the term ends, the right ends — along with, in most cases, whatever you built on it — unless the deed already grants an extension on terms you can point to. “The owner has said we can extend” is not a term; a written extension clause with a stated price and mechanism is.

Which titles a particular person may hold, and how a lease should be structured for them, is a legal question that depends on the individual and is not something a calculator can answer. Take it to a licensed notary/PPAT that you appointed yourself — never one introduced by the seller or the agent — and have them read the deed and run the land office search before any money moves.

The lease

IDR

The one-off amount asked for the remaining term.

years

Read this off the deed, not off the listing summary.

IDR

Staff, maintenance, utilities, land and building tax, insurance.

IDR

What renting a similar home in the same area would cost per year.

If the lease is extended

An extension you have not signed is a possibility, not an asset. Set how likely you genuinely think it is and the risk-adjusted figure below reflects that.

IDR

What the deed says the extension will cost, if it says anything.

years

Additional years the extension would grant.

60%

If the deed contains no extension clause at all, set this to zero. A verbal assurance from the landowner is worth exactly that.

Remaining value against rent paid

The lease is drawn on a straight line to zero — the conservative assumption, and the one a future buyer will start from. The dashed line is what you would have paid in rent over the same period.

Remaining lease valueCumulative rent on an equivalent homeYear 0 to year 22

What it works out at

Effective cost per year

Rp 217M

Price plus running costs, over the term

Risk-adjusted per year

Rp 197M

Assuming a 60% chance of extension

Total over the term

Rp 4.78B

22 years

Rent over the same years

Rp 7.04B

At the comparable rent you entered

Cheaper per year than renting

The lease works out Rp 103M a year below the rent you entered.

Against rent alone, the up-front lease price is recovered after about 12.2 years.

Running costs are 41% of the effective annual cost. On short leases the price dominates; on long ones the running costs do.

Indicative only. This is not legal, tax or investment advice.

The calculator divides numbers you typed in. It does not read your deed, does not know whether an extension clause exists or is enforceable, and ignores inflation, financing, tax, transfer costs, notary fees and what happens to any building you put on the land at the end of the term. Straight-line depreciation is a simplification: real resale values for short leases often fall faster than the line suggests. Have the lease deed reviewed by a licensed notary/PPAT you appointed before you rely on any figure here.