Dilapidation Survey Expert Advice for UK Properties
Here’s a scenario that comes up more often than people expect. A tenant signs a ten-year lease on a warehouse in Liverpool, fits it out exactly how they need it, and then a decade later gets a schedule of dilapidations demanding £80,000 in “repairs.” Some of that figure probably is fair. A fair chunk of […]
What a Dilapidation Survey Really Protects You From
The keys went back in March. Everyone shook hands. The tenant moved into the new unit, hired two additional staff, and has not been aware of the old building. The envelope arrived in June. Eighty-four thousand pounds. I’ve watched this play out more times than I can count, and the reaction is almost always the […]
Dilapidations Protocol UK What It Is and How It Works
There’s a particular kind of dread that hits a commercial tenant about three months before their lease ends. It usually starts with a letter. Sometimes it’s a phone call from a landlord’s agent; sometimes it’s a solicitor’s email with a document attached that nobody asked for, but everyone now has to read. That document is […]