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We provide commercial landlord services and commercial tenant advisory support across the UK. Acting for both landlords and occupiers, we deliver practical, market-informed advice on lease renewals, compliance and negotiations.
Our commercial lease advisory services cover rent reviews, lease renewals and restructuring matters. Whether helping a commercial property landlord navigate compliance or working with tenants on renewals and reviews, our advice is measured, realistic, and focused on achieving fair outcomes.
Clear, confident advice on commercial lease renewals, delivered with transparency and strategic insight. We support both landlords and tenants through every stage of the renewal process, from preparation to negotiation and agreement. Our focus is on securing terms that reflect market conditions while protecting long-term interests. Transparent, methodical and commercially focused — that’s how we work.
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A landlord and tenant surveyor provides professional advice to landlords or occupiers on their rights and obligations under a commercial lease.
This typically includes rent reviews, lease renewals, break clauses, dilapidations claims and negotiations with the other party.
Ideally before any formal notices are served or negotiations begin.
Early advice often has a significant impact on the outcome and can prevent costly mistakes or missed deadlines.
You should seek advice if:
A rent review is a clause in most commercial leases that allows the landlord to adjust the rent at set intervals, commonly every 3 or 5 years.
The new rent is usually based on the open market rental value at the review date - not your current rent.
Often yes, but not automatically.
The landlord must justify the new rent using comparable market evidence. Many proposed rents are negotiable and sometimes excessive if not challenged.
Professional representation frequently results in a lower settlement.
In some modern leases, yes - particularly where the clause allows for open market review.
However, older leases may contain “upward only” provisions, meaning the rent cannot fall even if market rents have decreased.
Ignoring it does not prevent the review from happening.
The landlord can still implement the review and may be able to backdate the increase, leading to a large unexpected bill.
A lease renewal occurs when a tenant remains in occupation after the lease expiry and a new lease is negotiated, usually under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. The rent and terms of the new lease are renegotiated at that point.
The Act gives most business tenants the legal right to remain in their premises after the lease expires and to request a new lease, unless the landlord has valid grounds to oppose it. This is known as security of tenure.
Yes, but only under specific legal grounds, such as:
In some cases the tenant may be entitled to statutory compensation.
These are formal legal notices that start the lease renewal process:
Deadlines are strict and missing them can affect your rights.
A break clause allows either the landlord or tenant to terminate the lease early on a specified date, subject to certain conditions.
Yes - many break clauses are conditional.
Even minor technical errors (for example, unpaid interest on service charge or incorrect notice wording) can invalidate the break and leave a tenant liable for the full lease term.
Professional advice is strongly recommended before serving notice.
Dilapidations are claims made by a landlord against a tenant for failing to comply with lease obligations to repair, decorate or reinstate alterations at lease expiry. They are one of the most significant unexpected costs at the end of a lease.
Usually at lease expiry, but landlords may also serve an interim schedule during the lease term.
Costs vary significantly but can range from a few thousand pounds to substantial six-figure sums depending on the size and condition of the property. Many claims are negotiable and frequently overstated.
Yes.
A surveyor can assess the landlord’s claim, challenge unreasonable items and negotiate a settlement. In many cases the final settlement is significantly lower than the original demand.
It is a document prepared by the landlord listing alleged breaches of lease repair and reinstatement obligations, together with estimated repair costs.
A Schedule of Condition is a photographic and written record of a property’s condition at the start of a lease.
It can significantly limit a tenant’s liability for dilapidations at lease expiry.
Yes.
The lease terms you agree at the start determine your legal and financial obligations for the entire term. Early advice can:
Security of tenure is the tenant’s right to renew a lease when it expires under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, unless properly excluded when the lease is granted.
Possibly.
Options may include:
Each option has legal and financial implications.
Assignment is the transfer of your lease to another occupier with the landlord’s consent.
However, the outgoing tenant may still retain ongoing liability under an Authorised Guarantee Agreement (AGA).
Solicitors advise on legal wording and documentation. Surveyors advise on property value, market rent and building obligations and negotiate the financial settlement. Both often work together but rent and dilapidations negotiations are led by surveyors.
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This works because:
Usually at lease expiry, but landlords may also serve an interim schedule during the lease term.
