Confirm the purpose
Agree whether the work supports lease-end planning, review of a schedule, landlord works, tenant budgeting or acquisition and disposal decisions.
Condition · Liability · Repair planning
Building dilapidations planning
Practical external-envelope evidence, quantified repair schedules and budget costs to support clients, building owners and their professional advisers.
From visible defects to a workable repair plan
Helping clients understand the condition, scale and likely cost of external repairs
Restorex supports dilapidations teams with contractor-led knowledge of traditional stone, roofing, leadwork, joinery and access requirements. We can help turn observed external defects into a clearly located and initially quantified repair scope, with indicative costs for budgeting and planning.
The service is useful to landlords, tenants, building owners, asset managers and the surveyors acting for them. It can support preparation or review of a dilapidations position, planning of landlord works, tenant repair programmes and early assessment of a building’s external-envelope liabilities.
Suitable for
- Landlords and building owners
- Commercial tenants and occupiers
- Dilapidations and building surveyors
- Architects and engineers
- Hotels and commercial estates
- Schools, universities and institutions
- Property and asset managers
Dilapidations survey and repair-planning stages
Review available information
Consider the lease-related professional brief, existing schedule, drawings, reports and known defects supplied by the client or appointed surveyor.
Inspect visible external fabric
Record roofs, façades, chimneys, leadwork, windows and rainwater goods using appropriate ground, close-access or drone inspection methods.
Define and quantify repairs
Translate visible defects into an initial work schedule with locations, suggested repair methods and measurable quantities where the evidence permits.
Develop budget costs
Apply indicative costs and access assumptions so the parties can understand scale, priorities and potential external-envelope expenditure.
Plan the repair programme
Group work by urgency, access and trade sequence, identifying further investigation needed before a quotation, specification or construction programme can be finalised.
Useful evidence for dilapidations clients and building owners
Drone capture can provide dated visual evidence of roofs, façades, chimneys, leadwork and rainwater goods that are difficult to inspect from the ground. Restorex can map visible defects, prepare initial quantities and attach indicative repair costs, helping the appointed surveyors, client and building owner understand potential external-envelope liabilities and budget implications.
This information can support preparation, review or negotiation of a dilapidations position and help owners plan the resulting repair works. It does not replace formal lease interpretation, a schedule of dilapidations or professional advice from the appointed building surveyor.
Recorded condition
Clear, dated imagery linked to specific roof and elevation locations.
Quantified liability
Initial repair quantities and indicative costs where the available evidence allows.
Contractor insight supporting—not replacing—the appointed surveyor
Restorex does not provide lease interpretation or legal advice and does not replace the formal schedule of dilapidations prepared by a suitably appointed building surveyor. Our role is to provide practical inspection evidence, repair knowledge, quantities, access considerations and cost information that can support the professional team and inform delivery.
Any budget costs remain subject to the stated assumptions, access, concealed conditions and final agreed scope. Opening-up or closer inspection may be required before a fixed quotation or construction programme can be provided.
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Tell us about the building, the problem and your timescale. Restorex will advise on the appropriate next step.
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