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Worst-case at 15%: £22,500
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The 10% broker fee isn't a law or a standard — it's a convention that's stayed in place because tenants don't know they can skip it. Brokers earn their fee from the first year's annual rent when a lease is signed. On a £100,000/year office, that's £10,000 — paid for an introduction that increasingly happens via a platform anyway.
Some brokers charge 12% or 15%, particularly on shorter-term deals. A few charge a flat retainer plus success fee. All of it comes out of your negotiating room — money that could stay in your business.
Standard broker commission on annual rent
Worst-case broker fee on short-term leases
What tenants pay using Seek — ever
On a £50,000/year lease over 3 years, the £15,000 broker fee you'd avoid with Seek covers a full year of junior hire salary, 3 months of senior developer time, or enough kit to equip a 15-person office from scratch.
Every £1,000 you don't hand to a broker is capital that stays in your growth budget. Over a 5-year lease at £100,000/year, that's £50,000 — a meaningful number for any business.
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