Property Department

Our Property Department deals with the following commercial matters:

• 1. Sales and Purchases of Freehold, Leashold and Commonhold Properties
• 2. Sales and Purchases of Companies
• 3. Mortgaging and Re-mortgaging
• 4. Preparing Residential and Commercial Leases
• 5. Renewals of Commercial Leases
• 6. Licences for Alterations and Additions and Licenses to Assign
• 7. Security Documentation
• 8. Option Agreements
• 9.Liquor and other Licensing
• 10.Exclusion of the Provisions of Sections 24 to 28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
• 11. Auction Sales and Purchases
• 12. Assured Shorthold Tenancies
• 13. Housing Associations

6. Licences for Alterations and Additions and for Licences to Assign

Commercial and residential leases generally have clauses preventing alterations or additions being made to the property without the consent of the landlord. We can advise as to whether or not the proposed works do or do not constitute an alteration or addition.

If consent is in fact required, then such consent usually has to be in writing.

We can help you with this by either preparing the licence or ensuring that it does cover the work you want to undertake.

If you are a tenant and you wish to sell your commercial lease then you will, in most cases, need the written consent of your landlord to do so. We can deal with this on your behalf whilst dealing with the sale of the property.

If you are a landlord we can prepare any relevant licence and also advise you on other matters which should be considered before agreeing to an assignment of the lease, for example whether or not you should seek a rent deposit from the new tenant or insist on the current tenant entering into an Authorised Guarantee Agreement (AGA).