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A floor that shows well leases faster, and the gap between a stripped tenancy and a lettable one is a defined package of make good and light refurbishment works. Getting the ceiling, the floor finish and the wall lines back to a neutral, presentable state is what a property manager is really buying. When a […]
A raised access floor that carried power and data across the tenancy has to come up at lease end if the make good calls for base building condition, and what sits under it is rarely a clean slab. Lifting the panels, stripping the pedestals and getting the concrete back to a finishable level is the […]
When part of a floor has to be stripped out while the rest stays occupied, the work moves to evenings and weekends so staff arrive to a tidy, safe office each morning. Running a strip-out after hours changes how the job is staged, how dust and noise are contained, and what each shift can realistically […]
An interconnecting stair comes out in four scopes, not one: the stair structure itself, the slab opening it passes through, the fire separation between the two floors, and the finishes on both levels that have to read as though the stair was never there. Most make good schedules compress all of that into a single […]
Glass partitions tend to be the part of a fitout the tenant most enjoys having and the part the make-good schedule treats most aggressively at lease end. Where the original glass has been modified, damaged, or replaced through the life of the tenancy, the question at lease end is what gets reinstated, to what standard, […]
A shop defit is the removal of fittings, fixtures, services, and tenant-installed elements from a leased retail or hospitality tenancy at the end of a lease, leaving the space in the condition the lease requires for handback. It is the equivalent of an office defit but with the specific scope items that retail tenants tend […]
The decision between repairing and replacing damaged glass office partitions usually comes down to four things: what the damage actually is, whether the partition is still safe and compliant, how much of the room has to come out of use to do the work, and how much of the lease term is left. Most damage […]
A partial defit of an office space is the removal of a defined portion of the existing fitout while the rest stays in place, usually in response to a lease decision that does not require a full strip-out. Tenants who are downsizing within the same building, surrendering part of a floor to the landlord, consolidating […]
The ceiling is one of the most underestimated items in a commercial office make good. Tenants walking through a premises at lease end tend to focus on partitions, floor coverings, and the obvious scars left from years of occupation. The ceiling, because it mostly just hangs there, often gets a brief glance and a mental […]
A partial-floor exit is a lease-end scenario that catches many tenants off guard. The business is not leaving the building; it is simply handing back part of the tenancy. On paper this sounds like a smaller, simpler event than a full make good. In practice, a partial exit is often more complex than a whole-floor […]
When a commercial tenant reshapes an existing fitout, the cheapest wall is the one that already stands where the new plan needs it. The next cheapest is the one that stands near where the new plan needs it and can be moved without losing a layer of finishes. The most expensive is almost always the […]
Lighting is the make good scope item that surprises tenants most often. The partitions come out, the walls get patched, the carpet gets replaced, and by that point the lighting scope is usually the only thing standing between the tenant and the landlord’s sign-off inspection. That is also the point where the scope is most […]
Security systems are the make good scope that tenants and contractors most often discover they have not planned for. The access control readers, the CCTV cameras, the alarm panels, the cable runs back to a dedicated riser, the integration with the building’s fire system; all of these came in as tenant-added works at the start […]
Doors are the parts of a commercial office partition layout most likely to be wrong the second time around. A room that was a quiet manager’s office in year one becomes a shared meeting room in year three, and the door that swung inward across a desk now swings inward across a table people have […]
Most tenants planning a defit think carefully about the partitions, the ceilings and the services, and then underestimate the signage. The reception logo, the wayfinding panels above the meeting-room doors, the vinyl applied to the glass partitions, the printed posters in the break-out area, the fire-exit graphics that were overlaid with branded versions, the directory […]
A twelve- to twenty-four-month lease extension sits in an awkward commercial space. The tenant is staying, but not long enough to commit to a full re-fitout. The landlord is keeping the rent, but for a period too short to drive much concession. The existing fitout is usually tired but not broken. The decision the tenant […]
Giving back part of a commercial tenancy mid-lease is one of the more commercially useful options tenants have when headcount has shifted and the floor they signed for is no longer the floor they need. It is also one of the more delicate. The decision sits at the intersection of lease law, make good obligation, […]
Between tenants, the plasterboard partitions that divide a Sydney commercial office are often in better shape than they look. The studs are straight, the top and bottom tracks are still sound, the services behind the wall have not shifted, and the only real problem is that the wall surface carries five or seven years of […]
Where a tenant has surrendered part of a multi-floor Sydney commercial tenancy and is keeping the other part for the rest of the lease, the make good on the surrendered floor has to run while the team is still operating on the floor that stays. That is a different problem from a full lease exit. […]
The handover pack a property manager receives at the end of a tenant’s defit is the document that closes one lease and opens the next. It records what scope was actually executed, what condition the tenancy is in on the day the works completed, what items remain outstanding, and what the next tenant will inherit […]
The photographs and notes you take in the first week of a commercial tenancy set the ceiling on what can reasonably be charged to you at lease end. That is how make good tends to play out in a Sydney commercial office. Years later, when the space is being assessed for defit and reinstatement, the […]
A commercial office defit in Sydney typically runs between one and four weeks for the physical works. Small tenancies under 200 sqm usually complete in a few days, mid-size tenancies in the 200 to 1,000 sqm band sit at one to two weeks on site, and full-floor strip-outs above 1,000 sqm often stretch to four […]
Most tenants focus on the make good clause in their lease and assume the scope of the work is written there. In practice, the clause sets the principle; the scope is set by a separate document that lands closer to lease end: the dilapidation schedule. That document, and the way it is worded, does more […]
Full repaint or spot patch is one of the larger single decisions inside a commercial office make good, and the answer is rarely in the lease. A lease that asks for the premises to be returned in good condition could be discharged either way depending on the state of the walls, the landlord’s plans for […]
