A caller to the office this week was looking for the price of a one page lease.
We told him we would not do such a thing.
A lease needs to be as long as it needs to be to include the necessary terms and conditions between the parties.
These terms and conditions may be standard enough or they may be specific to the piece of property being leased.
It could be a house, shop, factory, field. It is immaterial.
The number of pages needed is unknown at the outset, but one thing is for sure: it is unlikely to be one.
Often, there is work we can do which would bring in a handy fee.
But we must decline. And if the potential client does not understand this, or is unwilling to listen, that is the price we are happy to pay.
Learn more about commercial leases here.