• Looking to dispose of your property
• Not sure what rent to charge?
• Unable to establish whether you can sub let under the terms of your lease?

• Not sure how much to pay
• Want advice on capping a Service Charge
• Need professional advice to negotiate / finish the deal

• We can offer full commercial building surveys by qualified surveyors
• Schedule of Condition / Dilapidations a speciality

• Rent Collection Service
• Service Charge Budgeting
• Increased Rent Roll
• We can offer you all these services.

• Are you coming to the end of your lease, but want to stay where you are?
• Not sure of your legal rights as a tenant?
• Are you in need of expert advice to negotiate a new term?

• Rent reviews can be a very trying time for landlord and tenant alike
• The right advice is essential when negotiating a fair deal.
• A great deal of hard work is necessary to evaluate comparable property rents.
• Are you ready to submit to Arbitration?

• There are often times when landlords and their tenants have disputes.
• In most cases this is in relation to repair obligations, effect on business, effect on the building and, if situated in an estate, the effect on the estate.
• Other examples: Defects Notices, Schedule of Dilapdations, Rent Reviews and Lease Renewals.
• Each of these requires a dedicated team of experts to achieve the best possible solution for all of the parties concerned.
• Chapman Law work closely with a number of Solicitors in the United Kingdom -to give us a leading edge in these legal issues in respect of property disputes.
• Every case is totally different so if you have any questions or wish to have some initially gratis advice please fill out this form

• When occupying commercial properties you are liable to pay your local authority non - domestic rates. All rates are re - assessed on a five yearly cycle based on market rents two years previously. For example the most recent assessment took place with effect from 1st April 2005 based on the market rentals in 2003. You may have noticed then that your Rateable Value and hence your Rates Payable have either increased and in some circumstances decreased since April of this year and after reading the above this should help clarify the reason why.
• You may or may not be aware that you are able to appeal your rates. Here are a few facts and myths regarding rates:-

1. Anyone can appeal non domestic rates, it does not have to be a surveyor.

2. All appeals have to be acknowledged by the Valuation Office

3. Knowledge of the Market Rents within your area is the main skill required in negotiating a reduction with the Valuation Officer and this is where the value of a good surveyor becomes apparent.

4. Rateable Value IS NOT Rates Payable.

5. You may have your rates altered should you have an material change in circumstances e. g. You have surrendered some accommodation or have added some accommodation.

6. For most commercial properties you can claim 3 months full vacant rates upon vacation and only pay half rates thereafter. For industrial accommodation you pay full vacant rates until reoccupation.

7. You can check your Rateable Value or that of proposed premises on the Valuation Office website on www.voa.gov.uk

• There are many issues surrounding commercial property.
• We work closely with leading solicitors to provide our clients with the best up to date advice.

• Not sure whether to rent or sell your property, call our team and we will help you realise your property's potential.

• Got a property problem that requires some lateral thought, not just a one dimensional approach. Speak to us "property problem solving" is our speciality.

• So you have planned your big move. You know where you want to go. You have thought about the terms, agreed the budgets and you want to get on with it.

BUT!!!!!

• Who is going to co-ordinate the builder, sort the snagging list, notify the rating authority, deal with the extras on the building contract, co-ordinate the solicitor and deal with all the practical issues whilst you return to what you know best, running your business?
• The answer is Chapman Law.