{
  "url": "https://classa.info/guides/rent-review-playbook-uk",
  "title": "UK rent review playbook",
  "description": "How to approach a UK upward-only rent review without giving the landlord the entire upside.",
  "oneSentenceAnswer": "Start preparation 12–18 months before the review date.",
  "tldr": [
    "Start preparation 12–18 months before the review date.",
    "Build the comparable evidence early — landlords have the data advantage.",
    "Negotiate the assumptions and disregards in the review clause, not just the rent.",
    "Time-of-the-essence procedural traps can lose the review by default.",
    "Arbitration is slow and expensive — settle in negotiation where possible."
  ],
  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "Can I avoid upward-only?",
      "answer": "Rarely on a Class A lease in the City or West End. Some landlords accept collared structures (collar at passing rent, cap at +X%) but only at lease signing — never at review."
    },
    {
      "question": "Should I use the same broker for renewal and review?",
      "answer": "Often a different specialist is appropriate. Rent-review work requires deep RICS Red Book valuation experience; transactional brokers are not always positioned to do that work."
    }
  ],
  "pageType": "guide",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info).",
  "citation": "Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/guides/rent-review-playbook-uk), updated 2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z."
}