Repair and Dilapidations
Repair covenants, condition evidence, yielding up, schedules, remedies, mitigation and the limits of the agent's technical role.
How to study the four current units
Prepare each 30-question unit on its own terms, combine rule recall with short workplace application and keep law and guidance current for England and Wales.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Interpret the repair obligation through the whole lease, the subject property, condition, exclusions, service arrangements and yielding-up terms.
Exam cue: Link each alleged defect to the exact covenant, evidence and proposed remedy.
Concept 2
Repair is distinct from improvement, although the required work depends on wording, condition and the nature of the premises.
Exam cue: Separate physical observation, legal liability and quantified loss.
Concept 3
Schedules and negotiations require dated evidence, measured scope, responsibility, cost support and attention to supersession or mitigation.
Concept 4
Agents should recognise when building surveying, legal, valuation or tax expertise is needed.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Assuming poor condition always proves tenant breach.
Guardrail: Check the current qualification, jurisdiction, document and effective date before relying on a remembered rule.
Presenting a contractor estimate as the final legal measure of recoverable loss.
Guardrail: Check the current qualification, jurisdiction, document and effective date before relying on a remembered rule.
Memory anchors
Repair and Dilapidations: scope
Repair covenants, condition evidence, yielding up, schedules, remedies, mitigation and the limits of the agent's technical role.
Repair and Dilapidations: focus 1
Interpret the repair obligation through the whole lease, the subject property, condition, exclusions, service arrangements and yielding-up terms.
Repair and Dilapidations: focus 2
Repair is distinct from improvement, although the required work depends on wording, condition and the nature of the premises.
Repair and Dilapidations: focus 3
Schedules and negotiations require dated evidence, measured scope, responsibility, cost support and attention to supersession or mitigation.
Repair and Dilapidations: focus 4
Agents should recognise when building surveying, legal, valuation or tax expertise is needed.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
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