Our forward planning and project management can reduce a tenant's dilapidations liability by as much as two thirds.

It is becoming increasingly common for leases to be agreed outside the 1954 Landlord and Tenant Act, which means that you do not have the right to a new lease at the end of the agreed term.

Therefore, you should consider vacating the premises well in advance of your lease expiring in order to re-instate the premises to their original condition. If you do not do this, your landlord is within his rights to appoint contractors to undertake this work at your cost. Such contractors have been known to overcharge the previous occupier for the necessary works.

We recommend that our clients have a schedule of condition prepared prior to occupation in order that it can be referred to at the end of the term when negotiating the dilapidations. We negotiate the list of necessary works down and obtain realistic market rates for having the works carried out.