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When a business needs to relocate business activities or acquire more space, finding the right commercial building is only the beginning of the process. Many other factors need to be taken into account, and whilst you could do it yourself, dealing with a business relocation can be frustrating, disruptive, time consuming and costly, especially if you get it wrong.

To avoid these problems and to take the first step in finding the right property for your business, click here or use the property search button.

Our UK property search service can help to streamline your company's relocation leaving you to concentrate on running your business, and will give you a number of benefits:

Independent unbiased advice

Our advice will always be independent and unbiased; we do not have a vested interest in you taking premises that are unsuitable for your business.

Credibility
Using a chartered surveyor gives credibility to your requirement. If letting agents and landlords see that you are professionally represented, a more reasonable outcome to negotiations is likely.

Saving you time
We save your time by being able to quickly assemble a list of commercial properties meeting your search criteria. You will not have to spend hours making contact with numerous agencies, sifting through details to try and find the right business properties, trying to arrange viewings etc. We do all of that for you.

Saving you money
We will save you money because with our market knowledge and experience we will negotiate a deal for you on terms to suit you, not the landlord. And if we are saving your time, we will be saving you money as well!

Four steps
This is how we streamline our business relocation services and processes to deliver the benefits described above:

Search

  • take a detailed brief so that your exact business requirements in terms of commercial location, floor area, layout, budget and specification are understood.
  • advise you in respect of the best course of action to take concerning your current business premises.
  • search via in-house and external agent only databases for available commercial property in the required location.
  • contact commercial agents throughout the area of search to cross check the requirement against available properties.

Select

  • short list and pre-tour potentially suitable commercial properties that match your brief.
  • arrange and accompany you on inspections of short listed properties.
  • assist you to make the right choice of business property.

Negotiate

  • negotiate rental and lease terms to ensure the best deal for you.
  • measure the premises in accordance with recognised codes of measuring practice to confirm the floor area, so rent, rates and service charge payments will be correctly calculated.
  • obtain competitive quotes for and arrange structural surveys, if necessary re-negotiating terms if there are problems.
  • liaise with your solicitor to maintain progress of legal documentation and if necessary re-negotiate terms.

Relocate

  • arrange space planning.
  • obtain competitive quotations for fit out works, appoint and supervise contractors.
  • liaise with your solicitor to obtain landlord’s approval for alterations and fit out. works.
  • obtain competitive quotes from removal contractors.
  • manage the property handover, including key transfer and the assignment of maintenance contracts etc.

Do you or your staff have time to do all of this and still run your business?

If not, then please pick up the telephone and call us on 020 7373 2662, or email us and we will call you back for a preliminary conversation without any initial obligation.

 

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