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Commercial Lease Dilapidations Schedule

A completed interim schedule identifying commercial lease repair, reinstatement and financial exposure without asserting a final debt.

Jurisdiction: England and Wales - completed fictional worked example

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# COMMERCIAL LEASE DILAPIDATIONS SCHEDULE

Date: 22 April 2034

Parties: Cedar Estates Ltd and Lumen Cycle Repairs Ltd

## 1. Purpose and parties

Cedar Estates Ltd of 9 Regent Parade, Nottingham NG1 6DH provides this interim schedule to Lumen Cycle Repairs Ltd of Unit 4, Canal Works, Nottingham NG2 3GX under the commercial lease dated 1 October 2026. The premises are Unit 4 and the yard, and the contractual term ends on 30 September 2034 unless it ends earlier under the lease.

## 2. Facts, scope and terms

The inspection on 15 April 2034 identified a damaged roller shutter, three cracked roof sheets, oil staining to 18 square metres of concrete, missing emergency-light test records and unauthorised internal partitions. The schedule compares those observations with the repairing, compliance and reinstatement covenants; photographs and the lease plan are enclosed.

## 3. Process and responsibilities

The present cost indications are £3,600 for the shutter, £2,400 for roof sheets, £1,080 for cleaning the concrete at £60 per square metre, £450 for testing and certification, and £6,800 for partition removal and making good. The arithmetic is £14,330 before VAT, professional fees and any loss-of-rent or other recoverable loss, which are not presently quantified.

## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards

These are not invoices or a final claim. The landlord must consider the lease, causation, fair wear and tear where relevant, access, and whether a remedy would be undertaken. Section 18(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 may limit a landlord's damages for disrepair, including by reference to diminution in value; the schedule does not determine that legal limit.

## 5. Review, escalation and outcome

Lumen should provide a response and its own contractor evidence by 13 May 2034, including records of repairs, approvals for partitions and any allegation that an item predates the tenancy. The parties should meet on 20 May to agree access and scope. Lumen must continue complying with rent, insurance and other lease obligations unless the lease or a written agreement says otherwise.

## 6. Reservations and practical protections

Before works are instructed, the landlord will obtain competitive quotations and consider whether reinstatement, repair or a reasonable financial settlement is appropriate. Neither this schedule nor the inspection waives rights, admits liability, or authorises entry without the lease's access provisions. Any settlement should identify works, costs, VAT, timing, releases and responsibility for professional fees.

## 7. England and Wales law and completion

This completed fictional schedule concerns an England and Wales commercial tenancy and is dated 22 April 2034. It is an interim record, not a terminal schedule, demand or expert valuation. The parties should obtain advice on the lease, health and safety, asbestos, planning and tax before works begin; all sums remain subject to evidence, contract and applicable law.

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