Commercial Lease Analysis
From €29 per analysis
Commercial leases in Ireland are complex, long-term commitments. A single overlooked clause on rent reviews, repair obligations, or break options can cost your business tens of thousands of euros over the lease term. Our Every line is read and flags exactly what you need to negotiate before signing.
What We Check
Rent review clauses - upward-only reviews, market rent benchmarks, frequency, and whether the review mechanism is fair to both parties
Break clauses - conditions that must be met, notice periods, penalty provisions, and whether the break is genuinely exercisable
Repair obligations (FRI) - whether the lease is full repairing and insuring, dilapidations exposure, and schedule of condition requirements
Service charges - cap provisions, what is included, dispute resolution, and sinking fund obligations
Assignment and subletting - restrictions on transferring the lease, landlord consent requirements, and reasonableness provisions
Alienation and alterations - what changes you can make to the premises and the reinstatement obligations on exit
Insurance obligations - who insures, what is covered, and whether you are paying a fair proportion
Termination and forfeiture - grounds on which the landlord can end the lease and your remedies
Frequently Asked Questions
An upward-only rent review means the rent can only increase or stay the same at each review - it can never decrease, even if market rents fall. These clauses were banned for new leases in Ireland by the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, but leases signed before February 2010 may still contain them. Our analysis flags whether your lease includes this type of clause.
FRI stands for Full Repairing and Insuring. Under an FRI lease, the tenant is responsible for all repairs to the property (including structural) and for insuring the premises. This significantly increases your financial exposure. Our analysis identifies whether your lease is FRI, internal-repairing only, or something in between, and flags the dilapidations risk at lease end.
If you are taking on a lease with repair obligations, a schedule of condition records the state of the property at the start of the lease and limits your obligation to maintaining it in that condition - not improving it. Our analysis will flag whether a schedule of condition is referenced and recommend getting one if it is not.
Commercial rates are payable to the local authority and are separate from the lease terms. However, some leases attempt to pass rates liability onto the tenant or restrict the tenant's ability to appeal a rates assessment. We check for these provisions.
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