Recent content by 2inbrighton

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    Are we sitting tenants? What rights do we have?

    Thanks for that. I'm assuming from what you're saying that this means we don't have to give any notice if we want to leave either? Also I'm assuming this means that the landlord has no leverage to increase the rent or levy additional charges, apart from booting us out (which he doesn't want to...
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    Are we sitting tenants? What rights do we have?

    I've checked and it appears it was contracted out of LTA54. The standing order was changed to the new company's account to pay rent for the month following the expiry of the lease. The new company has only paid rent since the expiry of the lease and the old company ceased trading. This is why I...
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    Are we sitting tenants? What rights do we have?

    I don't know if it was contracted out of LTA54 or not but I can confirm that the new company had actually started trading in 2011 and the original lease expired in May 2013.
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    Are we sitting tenants? What rights do we have?

    Brilliant, thanks again. Sorry to keep asking you stuff but you're being really helpful. I'd read somewhere that sitting tenants in commercial property needed 6 months notice, but I'm guessing this might be only applicable to tenants who pay every six months? Is anything on the old lease...
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    Are we sitting tenants? What rights do we have?

    Thanks for that. I don't think it will happen but if he decided he wanted us out, any idea how much notice he would need to give us, or how much we'd need to give him if we decide to bail?
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    Are we sitting tenants? What rights do we have?

    Greetings folks. I was hoping you could advise me on an issue I'm having with my office rental. Just over 4 years ago our old ltd company signed a 3 year lease on an office space in a building, which also houses a shop, a restaurant and another office space which has been unoccupied all the...