It must be understood that landlords, both private & corporate, are themselves under pressure from their funders to attain a particular percentage of investment as rent. Whilst a rent reduction for a lessee / tenant is difficult, it is however not impossible if the present rent is unsustainable within particular trading and operational conditions. Landlords are acutely aware of the perilous state of trading within most high streets and the significant amount of empty properties available at discounted and rent free periods, they will therefore be flexible under the right set of circumstances & for the right reasons. We can act on your behalf & present your landlord with a strong case for their consideration of a rent reduction via our impartial Business Review which will also incorporate a detailed economic analysis on the locality & region.

This area can present major costs to any lessee / tenant unless handled correctly. We can negotiate with your Freeholder on the correct course of action, timelines of work, areas of spend and affordability by you via;

 

• A detailed inspection of the lease content & the premises
• An audit of all issues, activities & communications (past & present) via your landlord & his advisers
• Investigation of historical activities of the previous tenants and freeholders
• A study of all past and present surveyors reports completed on behalf of the Freeholder
• A full review of your business, competitors and the local economic climate

We can do a detailed inspection of the lease in its present form to ensure its viability for yourself and the business, for both present and future trading. This will include a full evaluation of all repair, dilapidation, insurance, rent, review, renewal, re-assignment, sub-let, sale and ‘break’ clauses.

We can act fully on your behalf with regards to any discussions, disputes and / or litigation (present & pending) irrespective of the issues and other professional bodies involved.

These companies have hundreds of tenants and lessees, some have up to 2500; it is clearly impractical for these companies to have individually styled agreements for so many tenants, therefore ‘a one-size-fits-all’ approach is both understandable and reasonable on the part of a big corporate landlord.

However, whilst these leases will not offer the full flexibility that would be possible via a private or small corporate landlord, there will still be a reasonable element of negotiating room on all the core lease clauses that an area or regional manager / director has the authority and discretion to act upon.

A well researched and professionally presented case by ourselves can take advantage of this facility purposely put into place by the landlord for the benefit of both parties. We regularly see the following main areas as cause for concern & dispute between the tenant and the landlord, we invariably satisfy both parties with our involvement to achieve an amicable solution palatable and acceptable to both.

• Rent level (seasonal fluctuations)
• Premises, business, equipment state on takeover
• Repairs & renewals
• Surveyor inspections, schedule of dilapidations
• Landlords responsibilities
• ‘Tie-in’ agreement
• Rent & purchases payments to landlords ( methodology & timings )
• Conditions for external beverage purchasing (out ‘of-tie’)
• Nominated suppliers & options thereof
• Food franchising & concept
• Lease deposits paid, inventory payments & ownership
• Eviction notices, lease exit route

 

Whatever your issues are and irrespective of the size or type of landlord, don’t delay call today for a confidential discussion

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