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What’s Hiding in Your Service Charge? A Closer Look at Management Costs and Fees

audits, budget, commercial property, energy costs, flexible office space, leisure, managed offices, Offices, retail, service charge, service charge liability, Service Charge Management Costs, Serviced Offices, tenants / By Lesley Fulton

If you pay service charge at a property then you are likely to know that it includes a management fee, and you feel this is reasonable, right? A managing agent, or a Landlord if they directly manage, should be entitled to receive a fee to cover the resources they utilise to manage the service charge. However, what does managing the service charge actually entail, and are you fully aware of all of the fees you are paying?

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Rising Costs, New Tech and Changing Regulations: What’s Ahead for Offices in 2025

audits, budget, commercial property, energy costs, managed offices, News, Offices, service charge, service charge liability, Service Charge Management Costs, Serviced Offices, tenants, Uncategorized, works / By Secret Source

With Q1 of 2025 past and following the launch of the Assure Index, we will present a series of articles looking at the challenges and opportunities facing the office sector this year…

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Assure Consulting Webinar: 19th October – Service Charge & Lease Expenses in 2022 and Beyond

audits, budget, commercial property, Distribution Centres, energy costs, flexible office space, Insurance, Landlords Insurance Recharges, leisure, managed offices, News, Offices, retail, service charge, service charge caps, service charge liability, Serviced Offices, shopping centre, tenants, Warehouses, webinar, works / By Lesley Fulton

Register now to join the Assure Consulting Webinar on 19th October. A series of sessions led by our panel of experts, who will present a review of service charge cases and other lease expense issues in 2022, as well as a look into the crystal ball for the year ahead…

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Service Charge & Lease Expense Reporting

audits, budget, commercial property, Distribution Centres, flexible office space, Insurance, Landlords Insurance Recharges, leisure, managed offices, News, Offices, retail, service charge, service charge caps, service charge liability, Serviced Offices, shopping centre, tenants, Warehouses, works / By Lesley Fulton

Assure can hold a lot of data! Budgets, actuals, insurance certificates, statements of account, legal documents, invoices, payment histories and much more, as well as keeping records, most importantly, the amount of money we have saved…

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Have you got it covered?

Roof structures and the repairs required to them are often highly technical and generally expensive. If your Landlord wants to repair or replace the roof of the building you occupy, there are many points to consider in checking if you are liable for the whole cost. We have experts on hand to review condition reports and tender documents to ensure that occupiers contribute no more than their lease terms require. Here are a couple of recent examples of our involvement in roof repairs…

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10 Pre-Contract Lease Tips For Service Charge

audits, budget, commercial property, Distribution Centres, flexible office space, Insurance, Landlords Insurance Recharges, leisure, managed offices, News, Offices, service charge, service charge caps, service charge liability, shopping centre, tenants / By Lesley Fulton

Control of occupancy costs has never been more important. Here we set our 10 Pre-Contact Lease Tips when signing up to a lease subject to a service charge…

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