Stage 1 · Enquire
What you need and how much space.
Four things for local businesses taking space, all dealt with directly.
Dealing with the owner means the person showing you the unit can answer what the roof is like, what the last tenant's power bill was, and whether the landlord will do the fit-out — rather than relaying questions to someone who will answer next week.
What you need and how much space.
With someone who knows the building.
Answered on the spot where we can.
Proposed in writing, itemised.
And what it genuinely includes.
CAM, taxes, insurance, itemised.
How and when rent moves.
Reviews it before you sign.
A low headline rent with heavy recoverable charges costs more than a higher rent with none, and tenants rarely find that out until the first reconciliation. We set out every recurring sum, state which are estimates, and explain how escalations work before anyone signs.
Most disputes at the start of a tenancy are about who was doing what by when. We put the split in writing — landlord works, tenant works, who pulls which permit — so a business can plan an opening date rather than discovering a two-month delay.
Landlord works and tenant works, written.
Who applies, and realistic timelines.
Early access for fit-out where agreed.
A date both sides can actually plan to.
What is ours, written in the lease.
One contact, not a form.
Urgency matched to the problem.
Maintained without being chased.
A landlord's real test is a roof leak in August. We maintain what the lease says we maintain, respond to it, and are clear in advance about where the boundary sits — because the arguments happen when nobody agreed the line beforehand.
Ask what is available. Direct from the owner, with every charge stated up front.