Office Dilapidations across Holborn (WC1, WC2). End-of-lease dilapidations works — reinstatement to the standard set by the lease, schedule of dilapidations or pre-exit negotiation. We mobilise within 5 working days, deliver to landlord-acceptable finish, and provide handover documentation that closes the schedule.
Office Dilapidations across Holborn (WC1, WC2) is delivered by our in-house commercial team with current estate approvals and compliance records on file. We have completed works in or adjacent to Sea Containers House, One New Oxford Street, Holborn Viaduct House, Warwick Court, Kingsway Tower among others. Teams mobilise from our London operations base, with direct transport links via Holborn (Central, Piccadilly), Chancery Lane (Central), Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), Russell Square (Piccadilly), Farringdon (Elizabeth line, Thameslink). Every project is run by a named project manager reporting weekly with photographs and programme RAG. Out-of-hours loading, estate permit-to-work and managing-agent liaison are included in the prelims — not charged as variations.
The Holborn market is dominated by top-tier law firms (magic-circle, silver-circle and mid-tier), media and publishing (guardian, warner bros), higher education (lse, soas proximity), each with distinct office dilapidations requirements — programme compression, landlord co-ordination, out-of-hours delivery, and full compliance ownership. Our commercial team has delivered office dilapidations in trophy buildings including Sea Containers House, One New Oxford Street, Holborn Viaduct House, Warwick Court.
Midtown spans the Inns of Court (legal), Gray's Inn Road (media — Guardian, Warner Bros Discovery), Kingsway and Holborn itself. Modern Grade A around Chancery Lane sits alongside period stock in Bloomsbury and around the Inns.
Camden and Westminster both restrict noisy works to 08:00–18:00 Mon–Fri, 08:00–13:00 Sat. Inns of Court buildings have additional sitting-term restrictions during legal terms. Kingsway is a red route — loading is permitted only in booked bays outside peak hours. Gray's Inn Road and High Holborn bays fill early; we book through Camden/Westminster parking services 48 hours ahead.
Schedule review with optional RICS-regulated input from sister practice Hampstead Chartered Surveyors
Priced Scott schedule against each item of the schedule
Principal contractor appointment, CDM 2015 notification
Works delivered in compressed 2–6 week programme
Joint inspection with landlord's surveyor on completion
Photographic and documentary handover pack
| Tier | Range | What's covered |
|---|---|---|
| Light reinstatement | £15–£30 per sqft | Make-good paint, carpet lift, partition removal |
| Standard reinstatement | £30–£55 per sqft | Full CAT A reinstatement — ceilings, floors, partitions, M&E reversions |
| Full CAT A reinstatement | £55–£95 per sqft | Including M&E strip and reinstatement, ceiling grid replacement |
| Complex reinstatement | £95+ per sqft | Listed buildings, bespoke elements, specialist flooring reinstatement |
This area sits outside the core trophy-tower premium zone — programme and pricing typically sit at the mid-range of the bands below. Figures are guide ranges — we provide a fixed quote after survey.
Schedule review — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Scott schedule pricing — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Strip-out — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Partition removal — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Ceiling reinstatement — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Flooring make-good — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Redecoration — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
M&E reinstatement — delivered in Holborn under estate-approved loading and out-of-hours protocols.
Camden (north of High Holborn) and Westminster (south) split the area, with Bloomsbury Conservation Area, Gray's Inn Conservation Area and Kingsway Conservation Area all engaging. Listed buildings in the Inns of Court require LBC; Kingsway's Grade II*-listed facades restrict any external alteration.
Reference list available on request under NDA.
Measured condition survey within 5 working days, including M&E, fabric and compliance review.
Scope capture workshop with stakeholders — occupier, landlord, managing agent, FM team.
Stage 3 design package with space plan, M&E schedules, specification and CAT A/B split.
Lump-sum price against the design package. All prelims transparent.
CDM notification, RAMS, permit-to-work, landlord licence-to-alter, estate approvals.
Weekly client reports with photos, programme RAG, variation log, compliance status.
O&M manuals, as-built drawings, building-regs sign-off, 12-month defects period.
Office Dilapidations in modern grade a (kingsway, holborn) — 10,000–25,000 sqft plates is typically specified to light reinstatement level — make-good paint, carpet lift, partition removal. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Office Dilapidations in period refurbished stock (gray's inn road, bloomsbury) is typically specified to standard reinstatement level — full cat a reinstatement — ceilings, floors, partitions, m&e reversions. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Office Dilapidations in inns of court chambers buildings is typically specified to full cat a reinstatement level — including m&e strip and reinstatement, ceiling grid replacement. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Office Dilapidations in listed victorian and georgian terraces is typically specified to complex reinstatement level — listed buildings, bespoke elements, specialist flooring reinstatement. Programme is governed by loading access and estate working-hours framework.
Dilapidations works are typically delivered in vacated demises during extended standard hours. Where loading restrictions apply (Broadgate, Canary Wharf), strip-out logistics are scheduled in pre-booked 6am–8am or 6pm–10pm slots with the estate management team.
Camden and Westminster both restrict noisy works to 08:00–18:00 Mon–Fri, 08:00–13:00 Sat. Inns of Court buildings have additional sitting-term restrictions during legal terms. Kingsway is a red route — loading is permitted only in booked bays outside peak hours. Gray's Inn Road and High Holborn bays fill early; we book through Camden/Westminster parking services 48 hours ahead.
All Holborn occupiers benefit from a PPM framework covering L8 water hygiene, EICR, emergency lighting, F-Gas registers and fabric maintenance. For a scoped PPM package in Holborn see Office Maintenance in Holborn or Commercial Maintenance in Holborn.
Anonymised project outlines from our Holborn and adjacent-area portfolio — full reference list with contact introductions available on request under NDA.
Scope · 8,400 sqft
Budget band · £420k
Programme · 4 weeks
Full reinstatement after 10-year lease expiry
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 15,200 sqft
Budget band · £760k
Programme · 6 weeks
Trading floor strip-out, CAT A reinstatement, fire-stopping re-cert
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Scope · 3,100 sqft
Budget band · £145k
Programme · 2 weeks
Partition strip, redecoration, flooring make-good
Delivered under single-contractor D&B with CDM 2015 principal contractor duty. Full compliance pack at handover.
Independent schedule review is available through our RICS-regulated sister practice, Hampstead Chartered Surveyors (hampsteadcharteredsurveyors.co.uk/services/dilapidations). We recommend a pre-settlement review — schedules are often over-stated by 20–40%.
Within 5 working days of instruction. A typical 5,000 sqft reinstatement programme runs 2–4 weeks.
Yes. We hold estate approvals, CSCS records and insurance certificates on file with the major London estate managers, and work within their pre-booked loading, waste and out-of-hours regimes.
Yes. We price item-by-item against the Scott schedule so settlement and residual liability are clear.
We provide the photographic record, waste manifests, electrical/gas/fire certificates and building-regs completion certificates that support a Pre-action Protocol defence.
Yes — we have delivered refurbishment works in chambers buildings across Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn, operating within the Inn's own permit and fabric-protection regimes and around sitting terms.
Interior fit-out is generally unaffected, but any external alteration, signage or shopfront change engages conservation area consent. Our architects handle the applications.
8,000 sqft: 10–12 weeks. 15,000 sqft law-firm full CAT B with library and mediation rooms: 14–18 weeks.
Yes — our heritage team handles LBC applications for internal reversible fit-out, with conservation officer pre-application consultation built into the mobilisation programme.
Yes — Savills, Knight Frank, CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers all hold our compliance pack on file.
Full commercial refurbishment for occupied and vacant offices — CAT B fit-out, finishes, M&E upgrades.
Demountable, acoustic and glazed partitioning for meeting rooms, offices and open-plan subdivision.
Suspended ceiling grids, tiles, rafts, exposed-services finishes.
Carpet tile, LVT, resin, engineered timber. Installed in live environments.
Whole-building decorating for commercial occupiers. Night and weekend delivery.
In-depth articles on commercial fit-out, compliance and market strategy.
Measured condition survey within 5 working days. Fixed-price quote within 10. Estate approvals on file.