Tim Greenwood and Associates are proud to be a member of the Reigate Business Guild which supports and serves the businesses and community in our town. We recently instigated and assisted in organising a Reigate Business Guild litter pick in the town which was a great success.  We had over 20 volunteers despite forecasts of […]

We are delighted to have been instructed on two dilapidations instructions on the Fulham Road in London. Our Client owns a building in the Fulham Road which includes a number of retail units on the ground floor with residential flats above.  The leases of two of the retail units are due to expire shortly, one […]

Noise nuisance between neighbouring properties is an increasing problem, especially in flats.  Building regulations place conditions on new buildings but existing, especially period buildings, rarely offer such soundproofing and such buildings are often where noise issues and complaints are experienced.  There are two types of noise transfer airborne and impact.  Airborne sound transfer is through […]

A Schedule of Condition is a document which records the condition of a building at the time of the inspection.   Schedules of condition can vary in detail with simple photographic schedules, with no text or commentary, through to detailed written reports with accompanying photographs. A Schedule of Condition can be prepared for a number of […]

If you are a tenant and you are nearing the end of your lease, your landlord may have served a schedule of dilapidations on you.  This can often come as a surprise to a tenant and the value of many claims can come as a nasty shock.  Whilst any dilapidations claim may be unexpected and […]

There is a standard approach for undertaking any dilapidations survey to ensure that a schedule of dilapidations, which forms the landlord’s claim against the tenant, is a fair reflection of the tenant’s obligations in accordance with their lease. A surveyor will need to request all the relevant documentation from the landlord to make sure that […]

Our Client, the freehold owner of a building in Camden High Street, was in advanced negotiations with the incoming tenant and was looking to complete the lease imminently.  The property was a period building in a prominent location along Camden High Street, which formed two demises. The property comprised of a retail unit on the […]

Our Client owned a practice in Epsom which operated a surgery.  Our Client was due to retire and was proposing to sell the ownership of the business to a colleague and wanted to terminate the Lease for their demise, which was in his name, early for his colleague to then agree a new lease directly […]

We were pleased to receive instructions from our Client negotiating a lease of the retail unit for use as a hair salon.  The negotiations were well progressed however the demised space was in a modest condition with the previous tenants fitting remaining in place.  The retail until is also located in a period building with […]

We are delighted to report our instructions received from the Board of Directors of a site in Gosport Hampshire to prepare planned maintenance plans for the 10 residential blocks on the site. The site was historically occupied by the British Navy and the site includes a number of former military buildings that had since been […]