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The Schedule of Condition is useful to an ingoing tenant, or landlord, as a snapshot listing of the condition of the internal and external fabric and fittings of a building, as at the date of occupation, thereby setting the benchmark or standard of condition which will be expected, when the property is returned at the end of the agreed lease term.
At the end of the term a Schedule of Dilapidations is prepared, this being a listing of deficiencies present at the end of a lease term, and for which the outgoing tenant is liable. It therefore follows that, if the tenant cannot prove that a defect was already there at the start of the lease, by way of a Schedule of Condition, it is likely that they may not be able to avoid the bill for repairs at the end of a lease.
Stilings have extensive experience spanning decades acting for both landlords and tenants in the preparation of Schedules of Condition and such matters.
Formal Schedules of Dilapidations, for service in Court proceedings, or other non-litigation disputes, are not undertaken.