How To Choose An Office

Never Lease An Office If

• People live there.
• There is any kind of smell.
• There is no air conditioning. Note that the air conditioning must be ducted into your room, not be on the other side of the building.
• The carpet has tears or major stains.
• Lights dont work.
• There is a strict no music policy and a contract will be signed enforcing this.
• You can sub let.
• There a strict no music policy.
• Always check with existing tenants that the place has decent air conditioning, don't rely on the seller to convince you it has.
• Interview tenants about what they don't like about the place.
• Is there a strict no music policy?
• Is there solid sound insulation between rooms?

Nice To Knows

• If possible, check the place in the afternoon after a succession of hot days to check the effectiveness of air conditioning.
• Check the place on a cool day to see if there is any heating.
• If there are no windows that open, the place must be extremely well ventilated.
• If there is a shared internet connection then is there an outgoing mail server?
• You can sub let.
• You can add new carpet.

Contract

Sign this contract with the tenant:

We will be leasing this office from ... to .... We understand that the terms of the lease mean:

• No person shall be allowed to lease here who will be using these rooms as a permanent residence.
• All lights will be fixed prior to us moving in.
• There is a strict no music policy amongst other offices.
• We can sub let if required.
• We can add air conditioning (if needed) on the roof/by sticking a hole through the window etc.
• You can add new carpet.
• There will be no more than (x) persons in this shared room