Dilapidations: Dilapidations Cost Index
The median published figure in the Dilapidations Cost Index is 1,200 GBP across 10 figures from 6 sources' own pages (range 150 to 2,000 GBP), read 26 September 2026.
- 2150 to 458
- 1458 to 767
- 2767 to 1,075
- 1,075 to 1,383
- 21,383 to 1,692
- 31,692 to 2,000
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 150 to 458 | 2 sources |
| 458 to 767 | 1 source |
| 767 to 1,075 | 2 sources |
| 1,075 to 1,383 | 0 sources |
| 1,383 to 1,692 | 2 sources |
| 1,692 to 2,000 | 3 sources |
6 of the 42 named sources read in full publish a figure; 36 publish none, read 26 September 2026.
The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 1,200 GBP across 10).
By schedule-stage and fee-basis and building-type
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| schedule-stage preparation | 1,200 GBP | 300 to 1,500 GBP | 4 |
| schedule-stage negotiation | 2,000 GBP | 2,000 to 2,000 GBP | 2 |
| fee-basis hourly rate | 150 GBP | 150 to 150 GBP | 1 |
| building-type large residential | 600 GBP | 600 to 600 GBP | 1 |
| building-type small commercial | 800 GBP | 800 to 800 GBP | 1 |
| building-type large commercial | 2,000 GBP | 2,000 to 2,000 GBP | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bower Surveyors, the cost of a dilapidations survey | 2,000 GBP | negotiation | 2026-09-12 |
| Real Estate Agents London, dilapidation survey | 2,000 GBP | negotiation | 2026-09-12 |
| Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide | 2,000 GBP | large commercial | 2026-09-12 |
| Bressummer Ark, dilapidations surveyor central London | 1,500 GBP | preparation | 2026-09-12 |
| Canterbury Surveyors, dilapidations survey guide | 1,500 GBP | preparation | 2026-09-12 |
| Bower Surveyors, the cost of a dilapidations survey | 900 GBP | preparation | 2026-09-12 |
| Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide | 800 GBP | small commercial | 2026-09-12 |
| Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide | 600 GBP | large residential | 2026-09-12 |
| Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide | 300 GBP | preparation | 2026-09-12 |
| Prince Surveyors, UK surveyor fees by service 2026 | 150 GBP | hourly rate | 2026-09-11 |
The sentence each figure was read from (10)
- Bower Surveyors, the cost of a dilapidations survey, read 2026-09-12:
Negotiation fees will vary on the size and compliance of the schedule of dilapidations, although a rough indication will be circa £2,000.
- Real Estate Agents London, dilapidation survey, read 2026-09-12:
Negotiation Fees: approximately £2,000 (varies with size and compliance of the schedule)
- Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide, read 2026-09-12:
Large Commercial £2,000 – £5,000+ Multiple floors, specialized areas, extensive paperwork
- Bressummer Ark, dilapidations surveyor central London, read 2026-09-12:
Property Size (sq ft) Estimated Fees Under 1,000 < £1,500
- Canterbury Surveyors, dilapidations survey guide, read 2026-09-12:
Fees typically range from £1,500 to £5,000 for straightforward commercial units, with complex multi-unit properties costing £10,000 or more[6].
- Bower Surveyors, the cost of a dilapidations survey, read 2026-09-12:
As mentioned above the costs of undertaking a schedule of dilapidations will vary depending on the size and type of the building, and the relevant lease terms. As a rough indication the cost of a schedule of dilapidations will likely be between £900-£5,000, although can be higher for very large buildings.
- Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide, read 2026-09-12:
Small Commercial £800 – £2,000 Floor area, complexity, lease requirements
- Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide, read 2026-09-12:
Large Residential £600 – £1,200 Number of rooms, property age, defects present
- Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide, read 2026-09-12:
While a dilapidation survey might cost between £300-£1,500 depending on property size and complexity, the potential financial exposure from disputed claims can easily exceed £20,000-£100,000 [3].
- Prince Surveyors, UK surveyor fees by service 2026, read 2026-09-11:
These are billed at an hourly rate, typically £150 to £250 per hour, plus a fixed fee for report preparation.
Read in full, publishes no figure
36 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- 3COL, commercial dilapidations London tenant guide, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Levy Group, London office dilapidations tenant guide 2026, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- London Dilapidations Ltd, office dilapidations costs London 2026, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Renova, dilapidations budget guide, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Blackacre Surveyors, dilapidations survey: what it costs, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Commercial Building Surveyors, how much does a dilapidation survey cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Prince Surveyors, dilapidation survey, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Fourth Wall Building Consultancy, dilapidations cost estimates, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Carter Jonas, dilapidations, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Allcott Commercial, terminal dilapidations defence and section 18 valuation, retail, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Warehouse Construction Contractors, warehouse dilapidations, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Lantic Building Surveyors, dilapidations (Bristol and Exeter), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Making Moves London, office dilapidations guide, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Hampstead Chartered Surveyors, dilapidations costs and surveyor fees at lease end, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Dilapsolutions, dilapidations FAQs for commercial tenants and landlords, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Dilapsolutions, the warehouse tenant's dilapidations defence, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Schedule of Condition Surveyors (CBC), what a schedule of condition costs, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ayling Associates, dilapidation costs, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Ayling Associates, schedule of condition cost guide, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Indurent, commercial property dilapidations (industrial landlord), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Marshall Laurence Surveyors, what a chartered surveyor costs in London, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- HIR Ltd, commercial dilapidation costs UK 2026, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Practical Surveying, dilapidations costs brief guide, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Bradley-Mason LLP, dilapidations, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Grumitt Wade Mason, schedule of dilapidations, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Shepherd Commercial, Birmingham dilapidations surveyor, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- AMS Surveys, schedule of dilapidations Birmingham, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Dilapidations Surveyors (CBC), Manchester, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Dilapidations Surveyors (CBC), Leeds, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Manchester Surveyors, schedule of dilapidations, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Lea Hough, schedules of dilapidations, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Allcott Commercial, dilapidations surveyors Bristol, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Raeburn Consulting, dilapidations (London, Manchester, Birmingham), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Commercial Building Surveyors, interim versus terminal schedule, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Watts, understanding the commercial dilapidations protocol, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- the England and Wales dilapidations surveyor universe, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
6 of the 42 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 36 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 83 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
Derivation as chartered: Three figures nobody publishes, computed across everyone who publishes a piece of one.
First, the CLAIM rate: the median, minimum and maximum advertised cost per square foot by building type (office, industrial/warehouse, retail) and by region, taken from every surveyor that states a rate on its own page, with the count publishing against the count that will only quote - the spread between £7.27/sq ft (the RICS industrial average several firms cite) and the £15-£35/sq ft London office figures is itself the finding, and no page of ours restates a competitor's range as fact.
Second, the FEE rate: what preparing, serving, responding to and negotiating a schedule costs, banded by floor area and stated as an hourly rate where that is how the firm sells it.
Third, the SETTLEMENT DISCOUNT: the ratio of settlement to quantified demand in every case study a firm publishes with both numbers (a landlord's £750,000 claim settled at £300,000 is one observation), reported as a distribution with its n and never as an average dressed as a rule.
Restated into constant prices with the ONS construction output price index so a 2024 figure and a 2026 figure can sit in the same column.
A firm that publishes no figure is recorded not-published, which is one of the index's counts.
83 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (46)
- 3COL, commercial dilapidations London tenant guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Levy Group, London office dilapidations tenant guide 2026 (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- London Dilapidations Ltd, office dilapidations costs London 2026 (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Renova, dilapidations budget guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Blackacre Surveyors, dilapidations survey: what it costs (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Commercial Building Surveyors, how much does a dilapidation survey cost (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bower Surveyors, the cost of a dilapidations survey (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bressummer Ark, dilapidations surveyor central London (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Canterbury Surveyors, dilapidations survey guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Prince Surveyors, dilapidation survey (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Prince Surveyors, UK surveyor fees by service 2026 (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Real Estate Agents London, dilapidation survey (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fourth Wall Building Consultancy, dilapidations cost estimates (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Carter Jonas, dilapidations (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Allcott Commercial, terminal dilapidations defence and section 18 valuation, retail (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Warehouse Construction Contractors, warehouse dilapidations (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Wimbledon Surveyors, dilapidation survey guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Lantic Building Surveyors, dilapidations (Bristol and Exeter) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Making Moves London, office dilapidations guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hampstead Chartered Surveyors, dilapidations costs and surveyor fees at lease end (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dilapsolutions, dilapidations FAQs for commercial tenants and landlords (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dilapsolutions, the warehouse tenant's dilapidations defence (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Schedule of Condition Surveyors (CBC), what a schedule of condition costs (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ayling Associates, dilapidation costs (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ayling Associates, schedule of condition cost guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Indurent, commercial property dilapidations (industrial landlord) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Marshall Laurence Surveyors, what a chartered surveyor costs in London (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- HIR Ltd, commercial dilapidation costs UK 2026 (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Practical Surveying, dilapidations costs brief guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Bradley-Mason LLP, dilapidations (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Grumitt Wade Mason, schedule of dilapidations (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Shepherd Commercial, Birmingham dilapidations surveyor (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AMS Surveys, schedule of dilapidations Birmingham (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dilapidations Surveyors (CBC), Manchester (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dilapidations Surveyors (CBC), Leeds (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Manchester Surveyors, schedule of dilapidations (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Lea Hough, schedules of dilapidations (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Allcott Commercial, dilapidations surveyors Bristol (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Raeburn Consulting, dilapidations (London, Manchester, Birmingham) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Commercial Building Surveyors, interim versus terminal schedule (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Watts, understanding the commercial dilapidations protocol (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Notting Hill Surveyors, dilapidations survey (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kingston Surveyors, commercial dilapidation survey London (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- the England and Wales dilapidations surveyor universe (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ricsfirms.com (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ons.gov.uk (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Dilapidations Cost Index is 1,200 GBP across 10 figures from 6 sources' own pages (range 150 to 2,000 GBP), read 26 September 2026.
6 of the 42 named sources read in full publish a figure; 36 publish none, read 26 September 2026.
Dilapidations Cost Index, schedule-stage preparation: median 1,200 GBP across 4 sources, read 26 September 2026.
Dilapidations Cost Index, schedule-stage negotiation: median 2,000 GBP across 2 sources, read 26 September 2026.
Dilapidations Cost Index, fee-basis hourly rate: median 150 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
Dilapidations Cost Index, building-type large residential: median 600 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
Dilapidations Cost Index, building-type small commercial: median 800 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
Dilapidations Cost Index, building-type large commercial: median 2,000 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 1,200 GBP across 10).
Cite as: "dilapidationscost.co.uk Dilapidations Cost Index", updated 2026-09-26, https://dilapidationscost.co.uk/datasets/dilapidations-cost-index/.
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