Are you a tenant of a leasehold property wanting to make alterations to a building? You can’t just unilaterally make changes; you’ll need legal permission from the landlord or freeholder. If you don’t, you risk getting into an expensive legal dispute, being hit by financial penalties and having to reverse the work to reinstate it.
That is why obtaining a Licence for Alterations is vital. This legal document lists tenants’ obligations when adapting a property, including the terms of reinstating the property when the lease expires.
We can help tenants to apply for licences by managing the collation and submission of documents, including drawings, to develop an agreement schedule and specification.
Before they pursue their developments, we provide life-cycle advice, so tenants consider and understand their proposals and consider the reinstatement works upon lease expiry.
We also act on behalf of landlords by reviewing the proposed work so their property is not negatively affected, structurally or environmentally.
