FAQ’s

12 -18 months before lease-end

No, you should never serve the break notice, you should always get your solicitors to do this.

No, never accept the landlord's initial claim - it's almost always overstated. They expect you to haggle - think of the market scene in Life of Brian

No. Your landlord almost certainly hasn't forgotten and if you receive an inflated terminal schedule just before lease end you are out of options. Tenants normally get the biggest savings by having their own team prepare a liability assessment, have contractors price it and make the landlord aware they have to accept your reasonable offer or you will complete the works before lease end. We can help you with this assessment, just give us a call.

We aim to settle landlord and tenant claims before or shortly after  lease end and achieve that in the overwhelming majority of case. However, a very small minority run for years and years

No. Tenant's lease breaks are called 'conditional breaks' because they only allow a tenant to end their lease early if they comply with certain obligations before a given date. Some of those obligation can be easily achieved, others may be technically impossible to achieve - for example where the tenant is obliged to have have complied with all the terms of the lease.

Other less difficult example include obligations to give vacant possession, have paid all outstanding amounts, even tiny previously unclaimed late payment interest, and to have overpaid the full quarters rent and service charge paid past the break date.

Yes