It should be remembered that opening a business abroad does not mean stability, and therefore buying premises is unlikely to be a far-sighted move, unlike renting.
The process of finding an office for rent can be conditionally divided into several stages:
• determining the area in which the office should be located;
• collecting offers from realtors and private individuals in the area;
• selecting the best offers by price;
• inspecting the future office;
• clarifying the rental terms.
Why is that?
For Europeans and US residents (and it is in these regions that branches of foreign firms or new companies created by non-residents are most often opened – this is if we exclude offshore companies, for which an office is often not required at all) the prestige of the area where the potential partner's office is located is important. The factor of the area's reputation and prestige is perceived much more acutely than in our country.
After selecting the desired offers, inspecting the office will help understand whether additional funds will need to be invested in its redevelopment: to change, for example, only the entrance groups or completely redesign. And it is precisely here that it is necessary to begin clarifying the terms of the lease. The point is that strict compliance with laws by business structures in the West does not allow, among other things, loose interpretations of foreign analogues of urban planning and housing codes.
So, if in Russia all issues related to the redevelopment of a rented office can be resolved with the owner 'somehow', then abroad such a trick will not work. Instead of dismantling internal walls and arranging new ones, you will have to, where necessary, use office partitions, and not the most durable or heavy ones, that is – incapable of isolating areas of the office and turning them into full-fledged rooms.
Thus, you can not only save a considerable amount that can be used later, but also avoid problems with the law of another country, which, as is known, is especially harsh on any foreigner.