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A step by step guide when acting as a Landlord’s Solicitor
Although each transaction in our Commercial Property Department is unique and tailored to your individual needs, this guide should provide an indication of the steps undertaken and to understand the procedure of your Landlord’s solicitors.
At the start of each new file we will require you to:
We will contact the tenant’s solicitors to:
We will request information from you in order to prepare the draft papers. This would typically include:
We will use this information, along with the Heads of Terms, to then issue the Lease for the purposes of the transaction.
If required, we will also produce:
As part of the tenants’ due diligence, they may raise enquiries or make comment on the draft papers. We will liaise with the solicitors and client to ensure that enquiries are answered.
Once the Lease is in an approved form, we will prepare the final document(s) for signature. You will be required to sign the documents(s) in the presence of a witness.
If your property is charged to a bank, we will submit a request for formal consent to the lease before
Completion.
If you require that we collect a rent deposit, rent and or service charge at Completion, we will prepare a completion statement forward a copy to the Tenant’s Solicitor.
The tenant’s solicitor will transfer these monies to our client account before completion.
Once we are holding the Lease signed by you and the tenant’s solicitor holds their papers, we will be able to complete. The completion of the lease (and any supplementary documents) takes place by both solicitors over the telephone. Once the documents are completed, we will advise you accordingly. Keys can then be released to the Tenant.
Following completion, we will send your signed document(s) to the tenant’s solicitors and supply you with a copy of the papers signed by the Tenant upon receipt.
Hope this helps you understand your landlord’s solicitor and the procedure.
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