This is often a complex area; it concerns the identification of the liability of the landlord or the tenant of a leasehold property for the repair/reinstatement of that property, either during the term of the lease, or more normally at the end of the lease. 

The lease that the tenant has signed gives details of what the tenant may be liable for regarding repairs/reinstatement, these are detailed in the tenant’s covenants.

Schedules of Dilapidations are usually prepared as a claim for the cost of works; this cost is the cost to put the property back in a good tenantable condition (subject to the covenants detailed in their lease). 

Ingoing tenants to a property may be able to limit their future liability by instructing the preparation of a Schedule of Condition which is then appended to the lease as a record of the condition of the property at the commencement of the term.

We are able to prepare Schedules of Dilapidations and Schedules of Condition and advise both landlord and tenants on all aspects of dilapidations, including the negotiation of a claim received.