Medical, dental and veterinary practices

Rent review and lease renewal surveyors for medical, dental and veterinary practices

For landlords and tenants of surgeries and practices, we gather the relevant evidence, inspect the premises, analyse your lease and use our negotiating skills on your behalf to ensure the best outcome for you. It starts with our free, no-obligation lease analysis.

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A practice's rent at review isn't set by how well the practice is doing. A surgery or practice is commercial property, so unless the lease fixes the increase or links it to RPI, the reviewed rent should reflect the open market rental value at the review date, proved by comparable evidence. We act for landlords and tenants of medical, dental and veterinary practices, and we'll analyse your lease free of charge.

For landlords

Can your practice premises achieve a higher rent?

When a rent review or lease renewal occurs, we gather the evidence and negotiate the best rent your property should be achieving.

Achieve the market rent. We review your lease and seek comparable evidence to present to your tenant, to secure the current market-level rent.
Start on time. The rent is usually valued as at the review date, so waiting for the market to rise won't help, and ignoring a review can strain relations with your tenant.
A way forward if the market is flat. Where the market dictates a nil increase, we can propose creative, amicable solutions that work financially for both landlord and tenant.

What could a higher rent be worth?Try our rent review calculator

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For tenants

Facing a large rent increase on your practice?

If your landlord has proposed a revised rent at review or renewal, we will negotiate to ensure the lowest and fairest rent possible.

Challenge an increase. If there is no evidence for your landlord's figure, we negotiate so that an excessive demand is reduced and a fair open market rental value agreed.
Lower the rent at renewal. At a lease renewal it is common practice for rents to reduce, and we often negotiate a new rent below the old one.
Ask for a reduction. There is no official mechanism in most leases, but any rent can be agreed at any time. One route is a lease regear: taking a longer lease in exchange for a lower rent.

What will the rent increase cost you?Try our rent increase calculator

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How we help with a rent review or lease renewal

We analyse your lease free of charge, negotiate on the evidence, and settle by agreement or, if it comes to it, arbitration.

Free lease analysis
We'll analyse your lease without charge and in confidence, and explain our fee options: fixed, performance-based, or both.
We negotiate on the evidence
We build your case from comparable rents, drawing on our own property database, and negotiate with the other side or their representative.
Agreement or arbitration
Most cases are settled by negotiation. If not, your lease may provide for arbitration or expert determination, and we'll put your case.

What really stood out was their calm, proactive approach to negotiation and how smoothly they managed the entire negotiation process from start to finish.

John BryceGoogle review

Talk to us early. Some leases set strict time limits for rent review notices, and missing one can be costly. Read: Time can be of the essence

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Practice rent reviews: your questions answered

Does a practice's performance count at a rent review?

No. Unless the lease links the rent to an index such as RPI, how well or poorly a business performs, and inflation, are not the test, although both landlords and tenants often cite them. The new rent should reflect the open market rental value at the review date, proved by comparable evidence.

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What is a Section 25 or Section 26 notice?

They are the formal notices that start a lease renewal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954: a Section 25 notice is served by the landlord, and a Section 26 notice by the tenant. If the lease is protected by the Act, the tenant has a legal right to renew. Legal advice is needed to serve one, and the dates they set matter, so talk to us as soon as one arrives.

How much does a rent review surveyor cost?

With us, it starts with a free lease analysis, in confidence and without obligation. After that, our fees can be fixed, performance-based, or a mix of the two, and we'll explain the options before you decide.

Before you negotiate: our 11-point rent review checklist

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Who will handle your rent review?

Our partners, Richard L Daniels and Charles Daniels, and our dedicated rent review team, who give personal attention at all times.

Richard L DanielsFounding partnerFounded the firm in 1966; five decades in commercial and industrial property.rld@richardlionel.co.uk
Charles DanielsPartnerFifteen years representing landlords and tenants on offices, industrial and retail space.cd@richardlionel.co.uk

Meet the whole team

Other commercial property we cover

Rent reviews and lease renewals on retail, office and industrial premises, and on medical, dental and veterinary practices, from 500 to 250,000 sq ft, for landlords and tenants across the UK.