Five Questions You Need to Ask Yourself before Committing to an Office Lease Term
After choosing your company’s ideal office, it’s time to brace yourself for the contract negotiations. For most entrepreneurs, negotiating office space for rent that fits within the budget and addresses all the current and future office space needs for the company is the most complicated part. Below are five questions you need to ask yourself before signing that contract for a short term or long term office lease: Where do you see the company in the next 5 years and what will that mean to your office space needs? The ideal office space for your company today may not work for you in two or three years’ time. As such, you need to take into consideration the projected growth of your company in the next 5 years and negotiate accordingly. Do you need to make some improvements to the office before moving in? If yes, is the landlord willing to pitch in to make those changes happen? It is very common for tenants to conduct some personalized changes to the office space before moving i...