All articles by Julian Bisson
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ProfessionalPreparation will help landlords avoid service charge pitfalls
Service charges have the potential to become a fairly contentious issue between landlords and tenants. Indeed, an intermediate landlord recently faced litigation over the reasonableness of the amounts claimed.
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ProfessionalLease-end ‘legacies’: why it’s vital to know your liabilities from the start
Two recent break clause cases concerned the ‘overrun’ of a tenant’s liability for rent and service charges beyond lease termination, each with very different outcomes and warning for landlords and tenants.
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ProfessionalQuestion: My tenants regularly dispute their service charge. What can I do to reduce the time it takes to resolve or the number of challenges I receive?
If you are confident that your service charges are fair, there are two things that you can do. One is to adopt the RICS code of practice, service charges in commercial property, which encourages methods to achieve best practice, such as benchmarks and training.
