Would you know if you were over-charged for dilapidations by your landlord?

How can Bellrock help?

Dilapidations Consultancy:

• Inspect the property and analyse landlord dilapidation claims either during the lease “interim” or at the end of the lease “terminal”
• Review lease to establish tenant dilapidation liability
• Prepare dilapidation liability assessments
• Project costs for best-case and worst-cast scenarios and advise strategy
• Negotiate with landlord’s surveyor to reduce liabilities & costs
• Assess whether more economic for tenant to carry out building works
• Procure and implement building works if more cost-effective
• Assist in planning exit strategy or new lease negotiation

Our Successes

• Large supermarket retailer served with terminal dilapidation claim in Central London, for the sum of £543k. Following lease review to clarify liabilities, and application of statutory protection provisions, claim settled at £29,500, a saving of 6%
• Leisure goods retailer served with terminal schedule of dilapidations totalling £303k. Review of lease revealed tenant covenants incorrectly applied and tenant not Further, Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 afforded further protection which had not been considered. Claim reduced to nil
• Separate dilapidation claims made against portfolio of seven high street retail stores totalling £364,513 – lease review, site inspections and dilapidation negotiation resulted in overall saving of £221k or 95%