Commercial Landlord and Tenant Advice
We have a real passion about this area of our professional consultancy and have offered our clients, whether they are Landlord or Tenant, pragmatic money-saving professional advice and support.
Our experience in the various stages of the lifecycle of the agreement can help ensure complete visibility, understanding and compliance along with assisting in the negotiation of the agreement at the outset.
As with all our services we will only take instruction where we believe we can add value to your enquiry.
Pre Agreement
Condition Inspection & Record
For Landlords
We can advise on the various stages of the lifecycle of the agreement, delivering visibility, understanding, negotiation and compliance.
For Tenants
We can advise on onerous repairing responsibilities and work with your Landlord or his Agent on negotiating an appropriate level of repairing responsibility and guard against you signing up to disproportional legal responsibilities.
Assisting in the Negotiation of Agreement to Lease or Schedules of Work.
For Landlords
We can work with your Agent or prospective tenant on negotiating and documenting works required by both parties in an agreement We can help record the condition of the property for your records.
For Tenants
We can get your business on the right track by scoping, costing and negotiating repairs the landlord will undertake prior to you signing the lease. We can help by inspecting and preparing a schedule of condition for appending to the lease We can make sure these are appropriately documented to protect your organisation.
During the Agreement
Interim Inspections & Management of Repairs
For Landlords
We can carry out condition inspections and work with your tenant to ensure they remain compliant with their repairing responsibility, we can serve the appropriate schedules at the right time in the right manner to ensure your property is maintained.
For Tenants
We can respond to interim schedules and inspections to challenge or defer the application of your repairing obligations to ensure you are only doing work for which you are responsible and that is appropriate.
Review, Documentation and Management of Tenants Alterations
For Landlords
We can provide technical overview in relation to assessing and managing the process of tenant alterations during the lease agreement including completion of the appropriate documentation to ensure the work is compliant and legally documented.
For Tenants
Have you been served a schedule or contacted about repairs? Do you know what you are responsible for and what’s reasonable? Are you requesting repairs that don’t seem to be getting actioned? We can help advise on all of these matters.
Towards the End of the Agreement
Terminal Inspections
For Landlords
We can help manage the process of inspecting and advising the tenant on what work is required, document and serve this to ensure there is certainty prior to expiry of the lease. We will be happy to work with your tenant or their advisors on the most appropriate route to discharge their obligations and, if applicable, reinstatement work.
For Tenants
Your agreement is about to expire and you may or may not have been served a schedule of repair. What are your liabilities and what is reasonable? We can help advise and negotiate to ensure your obligations are met with and discharged and that any unlawful actions are robustly disputed.
Review, Documentation and Management of Tenants Alterations
For Landlords & For Tenants
We can advise either party on any areas of dispute arising from repair responsibility or condition management. We advocate a conciliatory approach to all disputes where possible.
Interested to know more?
We offer a very broad range of services across both commercial and large residential property projects. If you’re not sure what you need or whether we can help, please simply GET IN TOUCH.
Reach Us
You can also contact us directly
Ground Floor, Oceanbridge House, 25 Anzac Street, Takapuna 0622
09 445 8338
ben@gweproperty.co.nz