How CommercialPropertyKiln Works
CommercialPropertyKiln is a free resource for UK commercial property landlords and investors. No paywall, no membership, no login required to read any guide. We cover offices, retail, industrial and logistics, leisure and mixed-use, for individual landlords, property companies, SIPP and SSAS investors and owner-occupiers who let.
Guides
122+ plain-English guides covering business rates, MEES, commercial leases, dilapidations, service charges, tax and VAT, SIPPs, planning and compliance, written for UK commercial landlords and investors.
Browse all guides →Tools & Calculators
Business rates, commercial SDLT, capital allowances, yield and ROI, mortgage ICR, rent review and MEES upgrade. Calculations run in your browser, so we never see your numbers.
Try our tools →Templates
15+ downloadable checklists and frameworks: heads of terms, due diligence, business rates appeal, dilapidations response, MEES readiness and compliance packs. Legal notices are flagged as solicitor-only.
Browse templates →Crisis Help
15 'what do I do?' scenarios for the common commercial landlord situations: break notices, 1954 Act renewals, dilapidations disputes, MEES non-compliance, rates appeals, arrears and tenant insolvency.
Open Crisis Hub →Decision Pages
8 side-by-side decision pages with worked numbers: personal vs company vs pension, FRI vs IRI, renew vs redevelop, hold vs sell vs sale-and-leaseback, opt to tax vs not, and more.
Open Decisions →Glossary
Plain-English definitions of the commercial property terms, from rateable value and multipliers to FRI, the section 18 cap, option to tax and net initial yield.
Open the glossary →Reference Cards
Quick-reference cards you can save or print: the 2026 business rates card, commercial stamp duty rates, the MEES timeline, capital allowance rates and lease-event deadlines.
View reference cards →How is it free?
CommercialPropertyKiln is funded by category-relevant sponsorship from companies that serve UK commercial property landlords, with no competitors in a category, no paywall and no programmatic ads. Sponsors do not influence editorial. See our Editorial Standards for detail.
Everything is free to use with no signup, no email and no login. We store no personal data and set no cookies. Guides, tools and templates are open straight away.
Who runs it?
CommercialPropertyKiln is one of a family of free "Kiln" guidance platforms. Our mission is to give self-employed people and small business owners the same quality of guidance bigger businesses take for granted, without charging them for it.
Contact: hello@kilnguides.co.uk