If a tenant is not paying rent or service charges, or has breached other terms of the lease, the landlord has a right to end the lease by forfeiture. This is an important protection for a landlord of commercial property, but it can seem harsh for a tenant whose business is going through a difficult …
More people are opting to start their own business or to join the gig economy, and the past decade has seen a 74 per cent rise in the number of people working from home. Running a business from home can give you flexibility and make for a good work-life balance. It can also be an …
Communications network providers need rights to put their equipment on private land and the advent of 5G makes this need more pressing. A new Electronic Communications Code came into force at the end of 2017, and this has shifted the balance in favour of communications operators. ‘Allowing mobile phone equipment onto your building can be …
If you have a garden big enough for another property, you may be thinking about how a new building could allow you to downsize or to sell on and bank the profit. ‘There are several things you need to consider first,’ says Claire Wicks, Chartered Legal Executive in the Residential Property team of Parnalls Solicitors …
Recent stories in the press have focused on some of the problems associated with leasehold houses, and the government has now promised to ban the creation of any new ones except in limited circumstances. But what should you do if you already own a leasehold house? One possibility is to buy the freehold. Here Jenny …
The Government has published a consultation on a new national model for shared ownership to make it easier for people to buy more of their own home, including a proposal to allow them to buy in 1% increments. The Government sees the key to improving housing affordability is to build more homes where they are …
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1 June 2019 and seeks to introduce protection for most residential tenants in the private rented sector in England. The Act covers restrictions on: the type and amount, of payments that landlords and letting agents can require from tenants of most assured shorthold tenancies, student accommodation …
For the first time on record, the average age of someone moving to the countryside is now under 40. More of us, it seems, are cashing in on our city homes and using the sale proceeds to buy somewhere with more space and a greater sense of community. However, if you want to swap the …
If you have an elderly parent, you probably worry about the difficulty of looking out for them, particularly if they live some distance away. The spiralling cost of care can be another concern, especially if they become frail and less able to cope on their own. A granny annex may seem like the perfect solution, …
Some of the world’s most successful companies have started at home or in a garage, but at some point it makes sense to move to business premises. Committing to your first commercial lease is an important step in the life of a young business and as it is a binding legal document, it is vital …
