Schedule of Condition Survey – Protect Your Business Before Signing

A Schedule of Condition records the exact state of your commercial property at lease start, capping your future repair liability and protecting you from inflated dilapidations claims. Get matched with RICS-qualified surveyors and compare quotes.

A record you can only make once, before the lease begins.

You cannot create a Schedule of Condition retrospectively. Once you've signed and moved in, the opportunity to document the property's true starting state is gone, and you may be held liable for defects that were never yours. A Schedule of Condition can also be used alongside party wall agreements to record the state of adjoining properties before work begins.

Without a Schedule of Condition, a landlord's dilapidations claim at lease end can hold you responsible for wear and defects that pre-dated your tenancy.

A surveyor documents the property's condition now: photographs, measurements and a written record both parties agree to, so there is no dispute later. It takes days, not weeks, and it will not hold up your lease completion.