Common mistakes

You put your home on the line
You didn’t come up with any good arguments for reducing the rent
You have too narrow a user clause
Accepting conditions you can’t live with
Failing to prevent competition next door
Paying rent for your own fitting-out works
Agreeing to comply with unknown future laws
Not having a schedule of condition
Giving up your right to extend the lease term
Not getting the premises measured
You didn’t get the right to share desks
You used lousy solicitors
You forgot about asbestos – now it’s on you
You didn’t get approval for your fitting out works before you signed the lease
You are obliged to guarantee your successor as tenant
You can’t sell your future business to a company
You’re not allowed to underlet at the right rent
Why are you paying for the lift? – You’ve got a lock-up shop
The restrictions on alterations are too tough
Your break clause doesn’t work
You ruined your parents
You’re not allowed any signs in the windows
The “I’ve got to be in before Christmas” mistake
You frittered away your rent-free period
You’ve got the shop – but not the shopfront
You missed a bit – you didn’t get all the premises
You can’t mortgage your lease and that messes up your refinancing