A Dilapidations Claim Tested by Tender, Then Delivered

A Dilapidations Claim Tested by Tender, Then Delivered

The property A single storey industrial unit with a service yard in Crawley, West Sussex, at the end of its lease. The outgoing tenant had fitted the unit out for its own use, under a licence that required the alterations to be removed at the end of the term. The...
Three Shops Into One Supermarket, Homes Kept Above

Three Shops Into One Supermarket, Homes Kept Above

The buildings A run of Victorian shops with flats above on a north London high street, owned by a private freehold estate. When a showroom tenant left, the freeholder agreed to let three shop widths to a national supermarket, with the homes above staying occupied. The...
One Victorian Street, Thirty Years, £5 Million of Works

One Victorian Street, Thirty Years, £5 Million of Works

The estate A private freehold estate of Victorian terraced buildings in Kentish Town, in the London Borough of Camden: more than forty buildings along one street and its corners, with shops at street level and over 170 flats above. The freeholder has instructed the...
One Block, Nineteen Years, One New Warm Roof

One Block, Nineteen Years, One New Warm Roof

The building A detached block of twelve flats over three floors in Croydon, south London, built in the early twentieth century: cavity brick in lime mortar, a flat roof behind brick parapets, chimney stacks, stair turrets and steel windows. The brief Old flat roofed...
Repairs Over a Busy Westminster High Street

Repairs Over a Busy Westminster High Street

The building An interwar red brick mansion block with stone dressings in the City of Westminster, rising seven to eight storeys above shops on a busy high street. The flats stayed occupied and the shops kept trading for the whole of the works. The brief The managing...