In conjunction with our Consultant Chartered Building Surveyors, we are able to provide a range of services including structural surveys, the preparation and negotiation of Schedules of Dilapidations, the organisation and supervision of building work and the negotiation of party wall matters.

You may well be aware that leases generally contain a tenant’s liability to repair and redecorate at the end of the term. It is advisable to plan ahead and for the level and cost of this to be quantified before the end of the lease, rather than to wait until the last moment or until after the lease has expired.

The trap many landlords fall into when preparing a dilapidations claim is to expect the outgoing tenant to be liable for all repairs and reinstatement necessary to put the property into a suitable condition for disposal. However, case law demonstrates that it is necessary to look at what is to be repaired and whether it is actually in a state of disrepair. Section 18 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1927 limits the landlord’s claim to the diminution in value of the landlord’s reversion – the amount by which the landlord’s reversion has been reduced by disrepair of the property.

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