Business Rates can be a tricky topic to get to grips with, especially if you’re new to the world of commercial property. Here’s our quick guide to what you need to know if you’re considering taking on business premises, whether as a tenant or an owner. What are business rates?…

If you are looking for for a commercial property manager, how can you find someone you can be sure will take care of your property professionally and act in your best interests? After all, anyone can set up in business as a commercial property manager – whether they have relevant…

There’s a lot more involved when budgeting for a leasehold commercial property than the monthly rent. Here’s what you need to build in to your calculations. Deposit When you take occupation of a commercial property, it is common for the landlord to require a deposit. Typically, this will be the…

Engaging a commercial property agent can be a bit of a gamble. Spot an RICS logo, however, and you know straightaway that your property negotiations will be in the hands of a chartered surveyor with proven industry knowledge and professionalism. RICS (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is the global…

If you’re a commercial landlord with a hard-to-let property, then offering it to a charity at a low rent to free yourself from business rates liability might seem like a sensible move. After all, it’s a win/win situation, isn’t it? You save the money due in business rates and you…

Commercial property agents aren’t hard to find. But finding the right one takes a little more thought.  After all, the competence and input of the agent can make a significant difference to the price you achieve, to the terms of the sale or lease agreed –  and to your stress…

The average Commercial Property lease has reduced considerably in the last 20-30 years, due to a number of reasons and not least because of the uncertain economy environment that we still find ourselves in post-recession and pre-Brexit. The average Commercial Property lease is now believed to be between 5-6 years…

In today’s Commercial Property market it is critical for landlords and tenants to know what repairing obligations they are committing to, and to understand the ramifications of failing to prepare their exit strategy properly from the outset. The best way to protect yourself as a tenant, aside from carefully reading…

Most Commercial property leases stipulate that there is to be a rent review to open market rent at regular intervals of usually 3 or 5 years. Typically a 6 year Commercial property lease would have a rent review at the end of the third year and a 10 year lease…

Here at Gifford Dixon Commercial Property we take a proactive and personable approach with all our commercial property management instructions throughout Manchester and the North of England. We do this in part by stepping into the landlord’s shoes and asking ‘what would I want from this commercial property investment’? Whether…