How to rent retail space

Many people come to the conclusion that working for someone is not profitable, not interesting, not expedient. It is much more pleasant to open your own business and be your own director. However, not every businessman has the opportunity to purchase real estate for business purposes. In this case, renting a commercial space may be a profitable solution.

When choosing a place to rent, consider the specifics of your business. Work out those parts of the city in which the largest number of potential consumers of products is concentrated. For example, it is advisable to place a souvenir shop in the center where tourists often walk, and children's goods can also be sold in residential areas, near kindergartens, schools, and enterprises. Don't settle for the first option that comes along. Consider several offers to choose the best one. Calculate whether the offered area is enough for you to normally place the goods, whether there is a place for a warehouse. Ask about the possibility of further expansion of the retail space. The procedure for the relationship of the parties in the implementation of the lease is regulated by Article 34 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. Before you sign any documents and pay the rent, make sure who owns the property considered as a rental. To do this, you should request an extract from the USRR (Unified State Register of Rights).

The lease agreement for retail space is concluded between the tenant and the landlord. The landlord is usually the owner or an authorized person (then an appropriate document, for example, a power of attorney, must be issued). The rented trading place must have an accurate identification. This point is especially true for shopping centers: not only the full address of the shopping center must be indicated, but also the floor, the place number (set conditionally by the landlord), and the footage of the premises (extract from the BTI).

In addition to the lease agreement itself, applications must also be available. It can be both several and one document, for example:

• rules for the use of leased retail space;
• conditions for the provision of operational services;
• conditions for carrying out repair work in the premises on the initiative and by the tenant during the lease period;
• a detailed floor plan with clearly marked retail areas, etc.

If the lease term is more than 11 months, it is necessary to register the agreement with the Federal Registration Service. To do this, you must write an application for state registration of rights. At the same time, the tenant (individual entrepreneur) must provide a copy of his certificate of registration of an individual entrepreneur, a certificate of tax registration. And the landlord is required to provide documents for the premises to be leased, constituent documents, the basis of an authorized person (an extract from the minutes of the meeting of shareholders).

The lease agreement must clearly state:

• rights, obligations of the parties;
• mutual responsibility;
• access order;
• conditions for early termination;
• order of payment of operational, utility payments.

Immediately at the time of transfer of the retail space for rent, upon its return, it is necessary to draw up an act of transfer of property. It records the state of the object, all the existing shortcomings. This will avoid problems with the landlord when returning the premises.

When drawing up a lease, try to take into account all the little things and nuances, so that later you don’t have a headache and don’t have to overpay extra money.