How I work

What goes inside comes first: machines and their footprints, stock and how it is stored, how many people, what arrives at the door and on what vehicle. The unit is derived from that, in that order.

What the land is zoned for, and whether your actual activity is permitted on it. B1 and B2 are not interchangeable, and a use that reads similar on paper can be refused. Checked against URA and JTC records, not assumed from the listing text.

Floor loading against your heaviest point load. Clear height against your racking or your tallest plant. Lift car dimensions and capacity, or ramp gradient and turning radius, against the vehicle that actually delivers to you.

Existing incoming supply, single or three-phase and at what amperage, and what an upgrade would cost and take if you need one. Compressed air, exhaust, water and drainage where the process needs them.

Head lease, balance of years, and whether the owner may assign or sublet to you at all. On JTC tenure this governs the deal as much as the rent does, and it decides how a fit-out should be amortised.

Rent against service charge, property tax, the fit-out you inherit or build, reinstatement at the end, and GST where it applies on a non-residential sale. The number that matters is the one with all of it in.

Rent-free period, escalation, break clause, make-good scope, permitted-use wording and the option to renew. These are worth more than a few cents on the psf and they are where a deal is genuinely won.

Condition at handover recorded properly, defects raised while they are still the landlord’s, and the lease diarised so the renewal or the exit does not arrive as a surprise.