Dilapidations Contractors for Offices, Retail & Industrial Units
Essex-based, working across England – fixed-price quotes within 48 hours of a site visit.
- Fixed-Price Line-by-Line Quotes
- Quote Within 48 Hours of Site Visit
- Tenants & Landlords
- Commercial Only
Accreditations & certifications
How it works
Site visit
We visit the property and walk the schedule with you. No charge.
Fixed quote in 48 hours
You receive a written fixed price, priced line by line against your schedule.
Works completed to schedule
Our teams strip, remove, make good and reinstate to the agreed spec. We work to your expiry date.
Photographic sign-off pack
We provide a full photographic record of completed works. Your landlord gets evidence; you get closure.
What Dilapidations Contractors Do
When a commercial lease ends, your landlord serves a schedule of dilapidations listing the reinstatement and repair works you are liable for. We are the contractor who carries out those works for a fixed price, priced line by line so you can see exactly what each item costs. Most tenants who instruct a contractor pay less than settling the landlord's costed claim in cash. If you want to understand what moves the price on a dilapidations job, our pricing page breaks it down, and how we work from enquiry to handover shows the full process.
End of Lease Dilapidations
This is the core job: closing your liability under a lease before the keys go back. We remove your fit-out, make good the fabric, redecorate where required and hand over a photographic sign-off pack the landlord's surveyor can accept. Everything is priced against your schedule, so there are no surprises. See exactly what is covered on our end of lease dilapidations works page.
Office Strip-Outs
Offices carry the heaviest fit-out to remove – raised floors, suspended ceilings, Cat B partitions, data cabling and M&E. We take a fitted-out floor back to open-plan shell, working to your lease expiry date and around neighbouring tenants where access is restricted. Most units under 10,000 sq ft are cleared in 5 to 10 working days. Read more about our approach to commercial office strip-out.
Cat A Reinstatement
Many leases require the space returned to Category A – base-build standard with new ceilings, lighting, floor finishes and climate control ready for the next occupier. We handle the strip-out and the rebuild under one fixed-price contract, so landlords get a lettable unit and tenants discharge the obligation cleanly. Our Cat A reinstatement service covers the full specification.
Retail Strip-Out & Soft Strip Demolition
Shop fronts, shelving, counters and signage come out fast, and we manage the tight access and restricted hours that come with high-street and shopping-centre units. Where the job is broader internal clearance ahead of refurbishment or demolition, our soft strip demolition teams remove all non-structural elements safely. Retailers vacating a unit should start with our retail strip-out page.
Mezzanine Removal & Industrial Unit Reinstatement
Warehouses and industrial units often have a structural mezzanine to dismantle and dispose of before handback, along with floor scars, racking bolts and roller-shutter repairs to make good. We carry out the safe removal of mezzanine floors and the wider industrial unit reinstatement under a single programme, hitting your lease deadline. We work from our Essex base across England – see the areas we cover.
Been served a schedule?
Get a fixed price for the works. We price line by line against your schedule.
Who We Work For
We act as the principal contractor for both sides of a commercial handback.
Commercial Tenants
You have been served a schedule and want to know exactly what it costs to put right. We give you a fixed, line-by-line price, carry out the works to your expiry date, and hand over the evidence that closes the claim. See our guidance for tenants facing a dilapidations claim.
Information for tenants →Landlords & Agents
Your tenant has vacated and you hold an empty unit. We carry out the strip-out, repairs and Cat A works needed to get the property back on the market fast, working to your marketing dates. Read our notes for landlords reinstating a vacated unit.
Information for landlords →Where to Find Us
Dilapidations Team UK
Unit 8b, Chelmsford Road Industrial Estate
Great Dunmow, Essex CM6 1HD
Based at Unit 8b, Chelmsford Road Industrial Estate in Great Dunmow, we cover commercial dilapidations across Essex and the wider country. Send the schedule and site details through the fixed-price quote form and we will arrange a site visit.
Knowledge Hub
Plain-English guides explaining how dilapidations claims work, what your liability really is, and how to reduce it.
What Is a Schedule of Dilapidations?
Understand the document your landlord serves, how it is priced, and what your response should be.
How Much Do Dilapidations Cost?
Typical cost ranges per square foot for office, retail, and industrial dilapidations works.
Cat A vs Cat B Explained
The difference between base-build and tenant fit-out, and what it means for your reinstatement obligations.