Where you are in the process
Landlords typically come to us at one of three points:
- Preparing claim, pre-expiry, where the lease end is in sight
- Lease ended, preparing schedule, terminal schedule needed
- Schedule served, awaiting response, Pre-Action Protocol in motion
How we act for landlords
Our landlord-side work covers lease review, property inspection, preparation and service of interim and terminal schedules, drafting of quantified demands, response to tenant surveyor positions, Scott schedule preparation, Section 18 reasoning and full negotiation through to settlement.
Landlord's intentions and Section 18 second limb
Where the landlord's intentions for the property involve material refurbishment or redevelopment, the second limb of Section 18 can materially affect recovery. We advise on how to evidence and present the landlord's intentions so the recoverable position is as strong as the underlying merits allow.
Working with managing agents
We are routinely instructed via managing agents on behalf of institutional and private landlord clients. We work to the agent's reporting standards and the landlord's commercial parameters, providing the specialist surveying input that the agent's normal workflow does not cover.