St Johns Medical Centre part of The Lewisham Care Partnership, London

BW Healthcare Surveyors negotiated a rent review on behalf of St Johns Medical Centre part of The Lewisham Care Partnership to ensure the rent they pay their landlords continued to be fully reimbursed by the NHS.

Approach

Our specialist primary care team helped St Johns Medical Centre with their rent review process. We undertook a free initial assessment of their lease and rent review trigger notice (received from their landlord) followed by a detailed survey and inspection of the surgery before entering negotiations with their landlord’s appointed representative to ensure the proposed rent was in line with the current market levels.

We then entered discussions with the District Valuer (appointed by the NHS), submitted extensive representations in support of the proposed rental level, and ultimately successfully negotiated an increase in reimbursement in line with the provisional agreement we had reached with the landlord and their appointed representative.

Conclusion

We managed the whole process from start to finish meaning the St Johns Medical Centre could continue with their day to day running of their practice and ensured the practice as tenants were not left with a shortfall in funding between NHS reimbursement and the actual rent payable under the Lease.

Colin Stears, Managing Partner at The Lewisham Care Partnership was extremely happy with the outcome;

“I am extremely pleased with the professional support I received from BWH Surveyors. They were easy to keep in contact with and the Face-to-Face visit really helped in understanding what the process was and the outcome they were aiming to achieve. I have been so impressed with BWH I have commissioned them to carry out rent reviews on 3 other sites within TLCP. I am sure the financial outcome will be as positive as it was for St Johns.”

If you have recently received a rent review notice from your landlord and would like to find out more about the services we offer, please get in touch with one of our specialist agents today.