Commercial clearances across mainland UK
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For commercial tenants, landlords and agents
Coming to the end of a commercial lease? We clear and strip out factories, warehouses, offices and retail units to the standard your lease requires, so you can hand back the keys on time and reduce the risk of a dilapidations claim.
A commercial end of tenancy clearance is the removal of a tenant's contents, fittings and alterations from a business property when a lease ends, so the building can be returned to the landlord in the condition the lease requires. Depending on the lease, that can range from a simple clear and sweep to a full strip out of partitions, racking, signage and other tenant installations.
Included
Arranged separately or through specialists
Share your lease handback clause or schedule of dilapidations if you have one. It tells us exactly what needs to come out.
We visit the unit, agree the scope with you and send a fixed written quote, including any value we can recover.
We work back from your handback date so the clearance finishes with time to spare for inspection.
Contents are removed, tenant installations are stripped out, and everything is sorted for resale, recycling or disposal.
We sweep the unit, take photographs of the finished space and hand over the waste paperwork.
The cost depends on what your lease requires and how much is left in the unit. The main factors are:
Leaving a clearance until the last week often costs more. Booking a survey a few months before your lease ends gives you time to plan, sell what has value and avoid rushed work.
Most commercial leases include terms about the condition the property must be returned in, often called "yielding up" or reinstatement clauses. When a lease ends, the landlord may serve a schedule of dilapidations listing work they say the tenant should have done. If it isn't done, the landlord can claim the cost.
Removing tenant alterations and leaving the unit properly cleared is often a large part of that list. Doing it yourself, through a clearance company, is usually cheaper than paying the landlord's estimate for the same work. It can also help reduce disagreements at the end of the lease.
Every lease is different, so check yours carefully and take advice from a building surveyor or solicitor on dilapidations. This is general information, not legal advice.
It depends on your lease. Many commercial leases require tenants to remove their alterations and return the building to its original condition, but some allow fit-out to stay. Check your lease, and ask your landlord in writing if you're unsure.
It's a list prepared for the landlord, usually by a surveyor, of repairs and reinstatement work they say the tenant must carry out, or pay for, at the end of the lease.
Yes. We clear units for landlords and agents when a tenant has left contents behind, so the property can be re-let quickly.
Ideally a few months before your lease ends. That gives time to agree the scope, sell anything of value and finish before your handback date.
Yes. We clear offices, retail units, warehouses and factories at the end of a lease.
If the business is closing and has stock left on the premises, our sister company Liquidate Your Stock can buy it.
Tell us your handback date and we'll plan the clearance around it, with a fixed written quote.
