Comments on: How to educate your landlord http://www.officeblog.co.nz/how-to-educate-your-landlord Property blog by Peter Scott of Parallel Directions Ltd, commercial property advisers Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:02:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jonathon white http://www.officeblog.co.nz/how-to-educate-your-landlord/comment-page-1#comment-3034 jonathon white Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:04:09 +0000 http://www.officeblog.co.nz/?p=403#comment-3034 I have been appalled at the cases over the last year or so of retailers under incredible financial pressure and who have gone to their landlord asking for help. The landlords were inflexible and basically just bloody minded. These are tough times but rather than accommodate a good client, as you or I might look at it, these inflexible bullies have adopted the might of right. As a result a number of these retailers have been forced into liquidation and the landlord has lost a tenant and had empty premises. One case I was involved in was a retailer with a national chain of 12 shops. Post liquidation they have one shop. Eleven inflexible landlords lost out. They've had to discount their premises substantially - I'm talking less than half what they were getting in some cases - and accept short term tenants just to get them filled up again, and some are still empty. They lost out because of their inflexibility. I am dumbfounded by the stupidity of these morons. Are all landlords bully boys or are there some sensible business minded ones too? I have been appalled at the cases over the last year or so of retailers under incredible financial pressure and who have gone to their landlord asking for help. The landlords were inflexible and basically just bloody minded.

These are tough times but rather than accommodate a good client, as you or I might look at it, these inflexible bullies have adopted the might of right. As a result a number of these retailers have been forced into liquidation and the landlord has lost a tenant and had empty premises.

One case I was involved in was a retailer with a national chain of 12 shops. Post liquidation they have one shop. Eleven inflexible landlords lost out. They’ve had to discount their premises substantially – I’m talking less than half what they were getting in some cases – and accept short term tenants just to get them filled up again, and some are still empty. They lost out because of their inflexibility.

I am dumbfounded by the stupidity of these morons. Are all landlords bully boys or are there some sensible business minded ones too?

]]> By: SB http://www.officeblog.co.nz/how-to-educate-your-landlord/comment-page-1#comment-2893 SB Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:47:04 +0000 http://www.officeblog.co.nz/?p=403#comment-2893 Our lease renewal slipped through the cracks and by the time I got onto it, it was 3 days past the date I was supposed to have renewed. Should have used your services Peter! The landlord thought he had us by the short and curlies and was impossible to deal with - pig headed, arrogant, obnoxious and abusive and wouldn't budge one inch. We ended up moving premises and are paying a bit more than before but just as happy with our new premises as we were with the old ones. Our old landlord has now been sitting on vacant premises for 3 months! Our lease renewal slipped through the cracks and by the time I got onto it, it was 3 days past the date I was supposed to have renewed. Should have used your services Peter! The landlord thought he had us by the short and curlies and was impossible to deal with – pig headed, arrogant, obnoxious and abusive and wouldn’t budge one inch. We ended up moving premises and are paying a bit more than before but just as happy with our new premises as we were with the old ones. Our old landlord has now been sitting on vacant premises for 3 months!

]]> By: JM http://www.officeblog.co.nz/how-to-educate-your-landlord/comment-page-1#comment-2877 JM Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:01:11 +0000 http://www.officeblog.co.nz/?p=403#comment-2877 The recession has hammered our publishing business and the landlord was totally unsympathetic. There is a lot of empty premises around us but he was a right bastard. Very hard nosed and totally inflexible. We are now living in the back of our offices and have rented our house out to keep the company going. We've got 6 months to go and then we're outta here. Never coming back. I hope he can't find a tenant and goes under. The recession has hammered our publishing business and the landlord was totally unsympathetic. There is a lot of empty premises around us but he was a right bastard. Very hard nosed and totally inflexible. We are now living in the back of our offices and have rented our house out to keep the company going. We’ve got 6 months to go and then we’re outta here. Never coming back. I hope he can’t find a tenant and goes under.

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