Prominent Grade II listed office building in Bloomsbury

74-77 Great Russell Street

CS2 Expertise

• Obtaining a financial settlement for internal and external works liabilities
• Reviewing extensive historic documentation and providing strategic advice and a pragmatic approach

CS2’s was appointed by the landlord, a prominent London estates company, to prepare a terminal schedule of dilapidations for service upon the tenant following 25 years of occupation. The property had been much altered during the tenant’s occupation, including inappropriate repairs to ornate fireplaces, cornicing and plasterwork and the introduction of air conditioning without a formal licence. The property had received minimal maintenance attention in the final years of the lease term, with many areas not having been decorated since lease commencement. CS2 was instructed initially to prepare the schedule of dilapidations, followed by negotiation of a financial settlement with the tenant; this followed recognised procedural protocol, together with application of case law and statutory provisions in determining the Landlord’s common law loss.

Services provided

• Building Surveying
• Dilapidations Advice