Commercial property
For businesses that rent or own the premises they work from. Leases read for the costs that arrive later, and renewals run to the statutory timetable.
Leads this area
Thomas Reid
Solicitor, property.
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How fees work here
Prices exclude VAT at 20%. You get the fee in writing before any work starts.
Fixed, with a written summary of costs and risks.
Fixed, for an unopposed renewal.
Fixed fee quoted after the first call, plus Land Registry fees and searches at cost.
A recent matter
A 10-year renewal for the kitchen that supplies four cafés.
- InstructedLease ends 31 August 2025. Renewal wanted.
- Section 26 requestA new 10-year lease requested, from 1 September.
- Counter-noticeThe landlord does not oppose a new lease.
- Terms agreedRent, review and break clause settled.
- CompletedNew lease signed and dated by both parties.
New 10-year lease, tenant break at year 5, rent increases capped at 4% a year.
Not necessarily. Many business leases are protected by the 1954 Act, which gives the tenant a right to a new lease unless the landlord proves a statutory ground. Some leases are contracted out of that protection. We can tell you which yours is from the lease itself.
A record, usually with photographs, of the state of the premises at the start of the lease. It can limit your repairing obligation to that state.
Only if the lease has a break clause or the landlord agrees. Break clauses often have strict conditions, so read them a year before you might use one.
