We believe conflicts of interest are bad for your business.

Landlords want rents to rise. They also want leases to remain inflexible.

Tenants want the opposite. This is why surveyors that advise both landlords and tenants have an inherent conflict of interest. Of course, some are better than others at managing this. However, in our experience, few are effective tenant advocates.

So when we set up our firm, we decided to avoid these conflicts of interest by choosing to act exclusively for tenants.

How does our conflict free status benefit you?

Being conflict free gives us the freedom to unlock opportunities and deliver value in ways that other advisers find difficult due to the commercial pressures they face.

For example, our property searches are not influenced by loyalty towards a particular landlord or the promise of a future letting instruction. Nor are the terms we negotiate affected by the impact they might have on local investment values or quoting rents.

We also make it our business to defend the interests of commercial tenants on a national and even international basis. Take for example our stance on the International Property Measurement Standards (‘IPMS’) introduced back in 2016. We were one of the very few vocal critics of the new standards within the industry. Thankfully, as a result of our efforts and those of others, the adoption of the new standards has been resisted by the majority of property owners. However, there are exceptions, so caution is still required whenever a new lease is being entered into, otherwise over-charging of rent and service charge is still a very real risk. For more information click here.

These are just a few of the real life examples of how conflicts of interest can distort outcomes and undermine value for tenants.

So whether you are looking to dispose of your existing property or relocate to a new building, we can provide solutions that will satisfy your requirements and no one else’s.  

For more information, please call a member of the TAG team on 0161 457 1422 or email us at info@tenantag.co.uk.