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Office To Accommodation: Is Converting Dormant Office Space for Residential Use the Way to Rejuvenate Town & City Centres?


As we are all aware, the COVID-19 Pandemic triggered a dramatic shift away from traditional office-based working culture. Many had thought (and some had hoped) that once the Pandemic had subsided that "normality" would resume, with a large portion of the working population returning to offices and Town and City Centres being restored to their forme...

Tacit Relocation: A Guide to Understanding its Implications in Practice

What is Tacit Relocation?

  • The principle of Tacit Relocation is asserting that commercial leases do not automatically conclude at their expiration date.
  • The Lease can only be brought to an end by either party by serving notice to quit

By not serving notice, the landlord and the tenant are presumed to have agreed that the Lease should continue on the original terms except for:

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Commercial Property

What is an Energy Performance Certificate?

An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is used to measure the efficiency of a building. Energy Assessors are responsible for producing the certificates, which remain valid for a period of 10 years. EPCs must be produced when a property is intended to be sold or rented out, there are some exceptions to this which are set out in Regulation 4 of the Energy Performance of Building (Scotland) Regulations 2008. The exceptions are:

Lease or Licence to Occupy – What are the Differences and Advantages / Disadvantages?

Dru Nicholson