Commercial property

A void period, a tenant complaint about damp or air quality, a new-build defect, an insurance claim: commercial property problems usually carry a cost question before a technical one: how much of the building is actually affected, and what it will cost to put right. Committing to strip-out before you know the answer risks removing more than you need to, or missing what’s driving the problem.

We investigate first. Moisture mapping, targeted openings and laboratory sampling establish the extent of damp, mould or dry rot before any wider removal, so the scope reflects what’s actually there. Our hotel refurbishment case study shows this in practice: targeted openings identified affected areas, sound sections were treated and retained in place, and the works were scoped and phased around a trading building rather than a blanket strip-out.

Findings are photo-documented and set out clearly enough to support an insurance claim, a dilapidations schedule or a dispute over a new-build defect.

If you’re planning a refurbishment or fit-out, see our pre-refurbishment surveys: the same investigation approach, used to plan works before contractors are on site rather than in response to a problem already found.