Feature
Rent Review Analysis
Identify the rent review mechanism, calculate counter-notice deadlines, and generate a serve-or-accept decision tree — from a lease upload on WhatsApp or email.
Rent Review Mechanisms Rubo Handles
Open Market Value
The most common UK CRE mechanism. Rubo identifies the assumptions and disregards (e.g. tenant improvements, goodwill) specified in the hypothetical lease and structures the comparables brief.
RPI / CPI Linked
Identifies the index, base date, and review date. Calculates the adjusted rent and flags any collar-and-cap provisions that limit the increase.
Fixed Uplift
Reads the specified percentage or stepped amounts and generates a schedule of future rents through the lease term.
Upward-Only
Flags whether the review clause is upward-only (rent can only increase, never decrease). This is critical for tenant negotiations — Rubo highlights it prominently.
Rent Review FAQ
What types of rent review does Rubo handle?
Rubo identifies and analyses RPI-linked reviews, open market value reviews (the most common in UK CRE), fixed percentage uplifts, upward-only clauses, and hybrid mechanisms that combine more than one approach.
How does Rubo calculate rent review deadlines?
Rubo reads the trigger notice clause, identifies whether time is "of the essence," calculates the service window (typically 6–12 months before the review date), and flags the counter-notice deadline for the responding party.
What is a "time of the essence" rent review?
If the rent review clause makes time of the essence, missing the trigger notice deadline means the review is lost for that period. Rubo flags whether the clause contains express time-of-the-essence language or if a notice to make time of the essence has been served.
Can Rubo draft a rent review notice?
Yes. Rubo generates a draft trigger notice or counter-notice with the lease-specified content. It flags any prescribed-form requirements and calculates whether the notice falls within the valid service window.
Does Rubo provide comparable evidence?
Rubo does not access transaction databases. However, it structures the decision tree for serve-or-accept and identifies the assumptions the comparables analysis should test — headline rent vs effective rent, rent-free adjustment, and fit-out contribution.
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