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A schedule of tenants, often called a tenancy schedule, lists each occupier, the space they hold and the rent they pay. We ask for it early, together with any vacant space and how long it has been empty.

A fully let building and a partly vacant one can suit very different buyers, so occupancy is one of the first points tested against a brief.

Every lease has an end date. Many also contain a break right, which allows the tenant or landlord to end the lease early on set dates. Both affect how secure the income is.

We ask the seller for expiry and break dates for each lease so a buyer can see when income might stop, rather than relying on a single headline figure.

In property, a tenant's covenant means its ability to keep paying the rent. Buyers usually want evidence, such as published accounts or guarantees, rather than a description.

We ask what the seller can share about each significant tenant and present it as supplied. Assessing a tenant's financial strength is a matter for the buyer and its advisers.

Some buyers look for buildings where refurbishment, re-letting or a change of use could change the building's role. Where the seller has explored ideas, we record them and the status of any studies or permissions.

Any potential is described as a possibility for the buyer's own advisers to examine, not as an expected outcome.

Two figures are often quoted for a building's income: the average remaining lease length to expiry, and the average remaining length to the first break. They are not interchangeable. Length to expiry assumes every tenant stays to the end of its lease; length to break shows how soon income could stop if break rights are used.

Tenant concentration matters alongside both: if one tenant pays most of the rent, its expiry or break date carries most of the risk. We ask for each lease's dates and rent so the buyer can see this clearly.