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Landlord survey - Retail Leases Regulations

The Victorian Government is currently reviewing legislation that regulates the relationship between landlords and tenants of retail premises in Victoria. As a landlord of retail premises in Victoria your feedback is important to help ensure the legislation is operating effectively.

The survey focuses on the costs and benefits of completing a disclosure statement, which landlords are required to provide tenants before signing the lease. The survey asks 19 questions and should take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

By participating in the survey, you have the opportunity to win four mentoring sessions with the Small Business Mentoring Service valued at $320. To enter the draw, please provide your contact details at the end of the survey. The winner will be notified by email.

Thank you for your response.

Please note:

1. The information obtained from this survey will be used in accordance with the privacy policy of the Department of Business and Innovation (DBI).

2. Please note that DBI is using SurveyMonkey to administer this survey. As such, the information you provide is sent to SurveyMonkey via a secure URL which has 128 bit encryption (the "https" protocol in the address bar of your internet browser demonstrates this) and is stored in SurveyMonkey's secure data warehouse. More information about this can be found by visiting the Privacy Policy page of the SurveyMonkey website.

1.How many retail premises are you leasing at the moment?(Required.)
2.Who usually completes the disclosure statement?(Required.)
3.You should have provided a disclosure statement to your tenant before signing the lease. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the disclosure statement?(Required.)
Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly disagree
N/A
It was easy to read and understand
It was easy to complete
It was not long enough / did not contain enough detail
It contained the right type of information and level of detail
It was too long / contained too much detail
It unnecessarily duplicated information in the lease
It helped me understand my responsibilities under the lease
4.On average, how much time does it take you and/or your staff to gather any infromation and fill out a disclosure statement?(Required.)
5.If you pay someone else to complete the disclosure statement on your behalf, how much do you think you are charged on average per disclosure statement?(Required.)
6.On average, how many disclosure statements do you (or someone on your behalf) complete for new and renewed leases each year?(Required.)
7.To what extent do you pass on costs associated with completing the disclosure statement to the tenant?(Required.)
8.What has been your experience in preparing a disclosure statement for a renewed lease, as opposed to a new lease?(Required.)
9.The current disclosure statement form was introduced on 1 January 2011. Is the current disclosure statement more or less effective than the previous version in helping tenants to make informed decisions about the lease?(Required.)
10.What changes would most improve the disclosure statement? Tick all that apply.
(Required.)
11.Overall, how valuable is the disclosure statement in helping to make an informed decision about the lease?(Required.)
Very valuable
Valuable
Not particularly valuable
Not at all valuable
Not sure
For you
For your tenant
When first signing up to a lease
When renewing a lease
Upon assignment of a lease
12.If you were NOT required by legislation to provide a disclosure statement, how much information in the disclosure statement would you provide anyway?(Required.)
13.Would your answer to question 12 change if there was a VOLUNTARY industry code that encouraged you to provide such information?(Required.)
14.Tenants with occupancy costs (rent plus operating expenses) of up to $1 million per annum are covered by Victoria's retail leases legislation. At what point do you think tenants are generally able to look after themselves and no longer need to be covered by the legislation?(Required.)
15.Do you verify all outgoings in the statement of outgoings you provide to your tenant regardless of the amount of an individual outgoing?(Required.)
16.If you have multiple tenants in the same building, how do you (or someone on your behalf) apportion common outgoings to an individual tenant?(Required.)
17.Do you agree the Retail Leases Regulations should prescribe a formula by which outgoings are calculated?(Required.)
18.How did you resolve the most recent dispute (if any) with a tenant?(Required.)
19.Please indicate how you became aware of this survey. Tick all that apply.
20.Please provided your name and email address if you wish to enter the draw to win four mentoring sessions with the Small Business Mentoring Service valued at $320.
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