Whether you are a Landlord seeking to let your property or a tenant wanting to lease one, bValued can advise you as to the rent and other terms.

If you take a lease, you should meet all its obligations (including payment of rent and carrying out repairs) until the lease ends; even if you move out of the premises or your business fails. Ending occupation early is only possible if the lease allows it. The original tenant may be responsible if a subsequent tenant fails to meet these obligations. It is thus important to get the rent and other terms right at the outset.

Arthur Bletchly has much experience of letting and managing residential property. bValued complies with the RICS "Rent Only" and "Service Charge" Residential Management Codes. bValued has a client's money protection scheme. If though you use an un-bonded agent your money is at risk. Please click the next button for details of bValued’s services for residential landlords as a pdf file.

If you occupy residential property on a long lease and wish to enfranchise or are a Landlord with tenants seeking to enfranchise, bValued can advise you. This may include representing you at Tribunal.

bValued can deal with the letting and management of rural or commercial property. Your investment is important to you: bValued’s work on commercial property will comply with the RICS Guidance Note "Commercial Property Management". The RICS "Code of Practice for Commercial Leases in England and Wales" is a useful guide.

bValued  can represent you in dealing with rent reviews, lease renewals, surrenders or terminations, sub lettings, assignments and consents.

Tenants should comply in good time with the various steps required by their rent review clause. Otherwise the rent that the landlord asks may apply automatically.

Likewise with the lease renewal process - business tenants should comply with the timetable or they may lose their statutory right of renewal.

Tenants, who occupy parts of larger leased buildings, may pay in addition to their rent a service charge to cover the cost of services that their landlord provides. Service charges for business premises are not regulated by legislation. So tenants with their chartered surveyor's help, should ensure before they take a lease, that they are happy with the information they will receive on expenditure, which will be charged to them. The RICS sponsored guide on Service Charges in Commercial Property is useful. bValued can advise you about service charges.

Where a building deteriorates at the tenant's fault a claim for dilapidations may be made. bValued can advise landlords or tenants in these circumstances and shall comply with the RICS Guidance Note "Dilapidations".

Case Studies – work done by Arthur Bletchly.

	This house was let and managed by bValued
	This new development was managed as part of a large portfolio of industrial starter units.
	This parade of shops was managed. Tenants were encouraged to buy their units.
	This headquarter office was leased in and subsequently the lease was renewed at rents considered to be reasonable.
	These offices were leased in and subsequently the leases were renewed.
	The former Housing Office was in a poor repair and would have been expensive to improve. Alternative properties were considered. As there were voids in this parade, which has a good location, the Housing Office was moved here and the old office was sold.
	This headquarter office was occupied by various “cost centres”. A full range of services was provided and managed. The costs were both budgeted and agreed in advance with the cost centres and as expenditure was incurred invoiced to them.
	This land has been let on a farm business tenancy.
	This woodland is managed. 3.5 km of new roads and timber stacking facilities accessible by road lorries funded with Forestry Commission Grant were built improving access for timber harvesting equipment and timber lorries. Timber is now being sold out of the woods.
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