Dilapidations & Building Consultancy

Our Dilapidations and Building Consultancy teams provide specialist advice, guidance and services to owners and occupiers nationally on a wide range of building-related work, from pre-acquisition reports, project monitoring and preventative/remedial maintenance on existing space, to new builds and refurbishment projects.

On dilapidations, our expertise is in combining valuation and general practice surveyor thinking with a building surveyor’s methodology. This process, allied with business rationale, presents our clients with an understanding of the extent of works required and the options available, which includes the potential for negotiating a financial settlement.

Dilapidations

A dilapidations claim is a landlord & tenant issue and is a very contractual matter. More specifically a claim relates to a tenant’s obligation to repair, decorate, reinstate alterations or ‘yield up’ property in a certain way, as determined by the lease. These cases generally occur at the lease expiry or where a break clause is exercised, and sometimes during mid-lease disposals.

The key to dilapidations, whether for landlord or tenant, is TIME. Time gives options on how to deal with these cases and we recommend that both parties should prepare for this issue at least 12 months in advance. We’d extend this to at least 18 months when the issue involves exercising a lease break clause.

For more on how we can assist you with strategic advice, budget costings for your accounts or in diligently pre-planning for this important lease issue, please contact;

Andrew Clamp
andrew.clamp@altusgroup.com

Building Consultancy

Our building surveyors have experience across many business sectors, including commercial property development and investment, residential development, education, healthcare and social housing. The scope of services includes;

• Access consultancy services
• Boundary disputes
• Building surveys
• Building defect investigation and repair
• Building regulations
• Contract administration
• Design, specification, procurement and management of all types of building work
• Insurance re-instatement assessments/insurance claim management
• New build acquisition
• Party wall matters
• Planning applications
• Project monitoring
• Property maintenance advice
• Quality monitoring
• Schedules of condition

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