David Wright

Chris Newsam (Property Litigation & Repossessions)

PROPERTY

We provide sound and practical advice on the acquisition and disposal of both freehold and leasehold properties. We have extensive experience of the negotiations involved and can operate to the time scales required by our clients.

For our business clients our services extend to the sale and purchase of business premises which would normally include offices, shops, licensed premises, factories, warehouses and so on. This may also involve granting to a tenant or taking from a landlord a Lease of commercial premises and assistance in the very complex procedures concerning renewal, rent reviews, dilapidations and the many obligations normally taken on by a tenant of business premises.

In dealing with business premises we can also offer essential advice on related topics such as town and country planning, insurance, taxation and, in the case of builder clients, the many features which must be considered before commencing a development such as the closure and diverting of roads and rights of way, drainage rights, the making up of roads and agreements with the local authorities, ten year guarantee certificates to be issued by the NHBC and a number of other commercial and domestic considerations.

LEASES & TENANCY AGREEMENTS

Leases and tenancy agreements cover a wide range of situations and can vary from medium term leases of commercial premises such as department stores, office blocks and factory premises, to shorter-term leases of shops and offices, domestic leases for the letting of a house, short-term tenancy agreements, agricultural tenancies, tenancies of allotment gardens and even licences to occupy.

The law relating to landlord and tenant in both business and domestic properties is extremely technical and the regulations relating to them must be strictly observed if the client's interests are to be protected.

We can advise and prepare leases and tenancy agreements for you whether you are a landlord or a tenant, deal with rent reviews, renewals, claim for dilapidations, proceedings for possession, arrears of rent, breaches of covenant, for example, to repair and insure, or to use only a specific manner and generally advise you on all aspects of your Lease or tenancy.

Examples of areas covered are -

• Commercial Property
• Exclusivity Agreements
• Option and Conditional Contracts
• Plot sales and property development
• Leases and Lease Removals
• Property Management