Landlord and Tenant Solicitors in Horsham, West Sussex

Landlord and Tenant

For landlords, renting out property can be a lucrative investment opportunity. For tenants, renting is essential to provide you with a safe home. Striking a balance between these needs means that disputes are common and often frustrating for both parties. Keeping the relationship as positive as possible and fully understanding your rights is vital. With the right legal advice, you can come out on top.

We work with landlords across Horsham, West Sussex and the south of England, providing advice about all aspects of renting a property, from drafting and reviewing tenancy agreements to conflict dispute resolution and property litigation.

We also provide advice to leasehold homeowners and freeholders on matters such as lease extension and collective enfranchisement.

If you would like information or advice from our landlord and tenant solicitors, contact us today by giving us a call or by emailing info@lewisdenley.com.

Our landlord & tenant law expertise

Our experience includes:

Drafting and reviewing tenancy agreements, leases and licences
Possession claims
Recovery of rent and service charges
Right to manage advice and disputes
Collective enfranchisement
Adverse possession claims
Unlawful eviction claims
Disputes between tenant management organisations and local authorities and Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO).

We advise all types of clients about their rights and responsibilities, including:

Landlords and tenants under assured shorthold tenancies, periodic tenancies and assured tenancies
People who own property on a long leasehold basis
Leasehold landlords (who own the freehold of a property, usually a building that has been divided into flats)

Legal advice for landlords

It is normal to feel angry about an issue with a tenant. The problem concerns your property, your money, possibly even your livelihood so trying to negotiate can be frustrating.

Understanding your legal rights and how to exercise them is the best way to approach a problem or dispute. We will clearly outline your rights and provide detailed advice on what action you can take.

We have a vast range and depth of experience, allowing us to provide useful, practical advice whether you are an assured shorthold tenancy landlord or you are the freeholder of a property occupied by a long leasehold tenant. We can also provide advice to people on the legal implications of letting a room to a lodger under a licence agreement.

Our expertise includes:

Drafting and reviewing tenancy agreements, leases and licence agreements
Rent arrears and recovery
Tenancy renewals and ending a tenancy, for example, by serving notice or using a break clause
Possession proceedings to evict a tenant or unauthorised squatter
Dispute resolution advice over issues such as:
- Disrepair and maintenance
- Property damage
- Deposit protection
- Anti-social behaviour
- Unauthorised subletting
- Service charges
- Adverse possession
Licensing and Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) matters and disputes
Buying and selling buy to let property
Collective enfranchisement, lease extension, right to manage, right of first refusal and other leasehold matters

Preserving a strong relationship with your tenant is often highly beneficial, particularly if it saves you the time, stress and costs of evicting them and remarketing the property. We will engage our proficient negotiation skills to give you the best possible chance of achieving a positive outcome without irreparably damaging future relations with your tenant.

Where necessary we can also conduct legal proceedings on your behalf, for example, to rid your property of unauthorised squatters or where an amicable solution with a tenant is not possible.

We recently used Lewis Denley to purchase a property and would enthusiastically recommend them. Every member of staff we dealt with was great, but in particular Carrie Foley was impressive from start to finish. She was efficient, friendly and very helpful. Always there when we needed her, often ten steps ahead, and she was patient and adaptable when other solicitors in the chain were causing tremendous problems. Cannot recommend this firm highly enough!

Laura

Lewis Denley Solicitors have been great to work with. They are highly professional, always kept us in the loop and updated on where the sale of our property was at. They kept the process moving and we were able to complete the sale in a short space of time. Awesome solicitors who actually get the job done and to top it off they don't charge the earth!

Brigitte

Fair price, transparent in their dealings. A bit slow to respond on occasions but have been hampered by Covid restrictions. On the whole a satisfactory experience - but then it wasn't a particularly testing conveyancing job.

Christopher

I am very satisfied with how Lewis Denley handled my house purchase, as the process was adapted in order for completion to go ahead, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, the use of an ID recognition app and use of email to reduce the risk of face to face meetings. I will be using Lewis Denley in future.

Rosie Inman

Lewis Denley came highly recommended when searching for a solicitor. The entire process was faultless. Mabelline Appaiha was my solicitor and Anna Stoneham my paralegal. Both were extremely efficient and thorough. Managed to exchange and complete within 6 weeks. I will definitely use LD again

Derrick Barendse