What Makes A Good Dilapidations Assessment?

This article is part one of a trilogy on dilapidations by Simon Hartley, (Partner, Head of Property Litigation at RadcliffesLeBrasseur LLP), David Blackmore (Director at Blackmore Consultancy) and Edward Shaw (Director at Savills). The article first featured in Estates Gazette on 30 January 2021. Please note that the consultation referred to below is now closed.

In the absence of any common understanding as to what a dilapidations assessment should be, the Dilapidations Association has been considering the problem.

Amongst its other activities, the Dilapidations Association intends to assist professionals, regardless of their background, who are producing (or instructing others to produce, or even being asked to comment on someone else's) terminal dilapidations/reinstatement assessments.