As a commercial landlord, you allow a business owner to have the sole occupation of your commercial property through a lease. Your lease agreement is legally binding, so both parties must honour the lease terms. However, issues can arise between you and your tenant, which can become increasingly problematic. Understanding your lease agreement and your rights as a commercial landlord is essential. This article explains how to deal with a problematic tenant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your tenants are problematic during the commercial lease, you should visit your property regularly and communicate with your tenants. Visiting your property will allow you to inspect the property for damage and check that they are using your property correctly, as per the lease agreement\u2019s usage term<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Importantly, your tenant has the right to peaceful enjoyment of their commercial premises under the lease agreement. You still have a legal right to enter the property, though you must give at least 24 hours\u2019 notice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are dealing with a problematic tenant, you could set up a regular maintenance schedule with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n If your commercial tenant is failing to meet rental payments or is constantly late, you may want to start monitoring these. Problems could occur in the form of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A problem with rent can indicate that your commercial tenant is having financial difficulties. It is a good idea to be open and speak to them about this. Open communication may prevent rent arrears from accruing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Where you need to take action for rent arrears, you also have the right to serve your tenant with County Court proceedings. You could also serve your tenants with a statutory demand, which, if they continue to fail to pay the rent arrears, they could become insolvent. Alternatively, you may take advantage of your right to go through the Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery<\/a> (CRAR) process, where you ask an enforcement office to recover the rent arrears on your behalf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\nMonitoring Rental Payments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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