Understanding Your Exposure Before the Claim Lands A TerminalSchedule of Dilapidations is the landlord’s formal statement of alleged breaches of lease at the end of a commercial tenancy. It is usually issued shortly after lease expiry and sets out the works the...
Understanding a Critical Legal Principle Supersession is one of the most effective yet misunderstood principles in dilapidations law. It applies where the landlord’s intended works after lease expiry render the tenant’s alleged breaches irrelevant. If the landlord...
Why Early Claims Are a Strategic Move Interim dilapidations are claims served during the term of a commercial lease rather than at the end. While less common than terminal dilapidations, they are becoming increasingly prevalent, particularly on longer leases or where...
The "Pre Action Protocol for Claims for Damages in Relation to the Physical Condition of Commercial Property" is the mandatory roadmap for all dilapidations disputes. In 2026, the UK courts have zero tolerance for landlords or tenants who ignore these procedural...
Thank you for visiting today’s Property blog. In this week’s run, we are going to be discussing property surveying and particularly dilapidations. Dilapidation services are one of the core services that we offer here at Stokemont, over the years we have...
Dilapidations are one of the common services we provide here at Stokemont, Dilapidations enable a landlord to ensure that they are given their commercial property back in a reasonable and fair condition. During the tenant’s occupancy of the landlord’s property, their...
In today’s Property Surveying blog post, we are going to be talking about property dilapidations. Property dilapidations will come into play as the tenant is approaching the end and termination of their commercial lease. As part of the landlord’s procedures to ensure...
Property dilapidations occur and arise at the end of a commercial tenant’s lease, tenure and occupancy of the property in question. Under the terms of the tenant’s lease and in particular, the dilapidations covenant, they will be legally responsible to repair, make...
Dilapidations procedures come into play at the end, or alternatively, during the interim stages of a landlord’s and tenant’s lease. Dilapidations procedures only apply for commercial properties. Dilapidations are the process whereby the landlord will take stock of...
