Who this is for, how it works, and how the professionals we introduce you to are chosen.
CommercialDilapidations.co.uk is an independent introduction service for UK commercial tenants and landlords dealing with a dilapidations matter. We don't provide legal, surveying, or valuation advice ourselves. What we do is take the details of your situation and put you in touch with a specialist, a chartered surveyor or solicitor, who has genuine, current experience in dilapidations, so you're not starting from a general practice firm's website and hoping for the best.
Dilapidations is a narrow, technical corner of commercial property law. It doesn't come up often enough for most tenants or landlords to already know who to call, and a general web search tends to surface firms that handle dilapidations occasionally rather than specialists who handle it regularly. This service exists to close that gap: one place to explain your situation once, and be pointed toward someone whose day-to-day work is dilapidations, not a firm for whom it's a sideline.
This service is run by an individual with a background in UK commercial property project management and facilities management, not a large agency or a firm of surveyors. It was built after noticing how often tenants and landlords struggle to find the right specialist quickly, and how much that delay ends up costing both sides. We operate independently of any single surveying or legal practice, which means the professionals we introduce are chosen on relevance to your matter, not because of who we're contractually tied to.
We work with a deliberately small number of RICS-qualified surveyors and solicitors, rather than maintaining an open directory. Before anyone is added to that list, we look at their specific dilapidations experience (not just general commercial property work), their professional qualifications and standing, and, where possible, their track record on matters similar to the ones we expect to refer to them. We also pay attention to how enquiries are actually handled once we've made an introduction, response times, clarity of advice, and whether the person who contacted us felt properly looked after, and that feedback shapes who we continue to work with.
We may receive a fee or commission from the professional we introduce you to, and in some cases we work with a small number of specialists on an ongoing basis rather than a one-off referral fee per enquiry. Full detail is in our Terms of Use. Either way, this doesn't affect what you pay the professional, and it doesn't influence who you're introduced to for your specific matter, relevance to your situation comes first.
For questions about this service, or if you're a RICS-qualified surveyor or solicitor interested in receiving referrals through this service, contact info@commercialdilapidations.co.uk.
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