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Check the property has planning permission for your use and that there are no restrictions on your ability to run your business, (such as a limit on working hours or noise). If you need to get planning permission for your use, remember to allow eight to ten weeks (and, unfortunately, sometimes a lot longer) for the local authority to process the application. Altering services such as electricity and gas can be extremely expensive, so always make sure the property has adequate mains services in good order

Make sure the premises comply with health and safety requirements, including fire regulations and access under disability legislation

Pay attention to the clauses relating to service charges, rent reviews, sub-letting and assignment, repairing and decorating obligations and personal guarantees. Also make sure you know whether you will have security of tenure

You may want to change the building to suit your needs. Almost certainly, you will have to get your landlord's approval for these works before carrying them out so need to allow time for this.

Make sure you understand which fixtures and fittings will be removed when the previous occupier leaves.

If your business is a start-up think about going for a licence to occupy rather than a lease.

Another option, mainly in the case of office space and mainly in major urban areas, is to look for serviced office space.

Here you enter into a service contract rather than a lease, which may provide you with workstations, secretarial services and so on as well as the office space itself.

Such contracts range from the very short term to long-term arrangements.

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