Sub lease of offices, contract advice.

[BGARK]

We have been approached by a small company to sub-let an empty office in our building for 3-6 months. for 6 people with phones/desks etc. Plus use of car-park and a bit of storage space.

It sounds like a simple option but I don't want it to go wrong, does anyone have a suggested contract or any pointers for doing this, I want to avoid going through Solicitors but need to draft up some basic agreement.

Thanks.

[Amateurish]

Use solicitors, it's an absolute minefield. If it's costs you are worried about, get the tenant to pay.

[BGARK]

Amateurish said:

Use solicitors, it's an absolute minefield.

My concern was that for only a short term lease of only a few hundred pounds/month the solicitors will probably end up costing more that the rent!

[surveyor]

If your leasing then your lease most probably includes restrictions on subletting without landlords consent, and restrictions (probably absolute bar) on subletting in part.

[BGARK]

surveyor said:

If your leasing then your lease most probably includes restrictions on subletting without landlords consent, and restrictions (probably absolute bar) on subletting in part.

Agreed, my friend is also our landlord.