Who requires a ‘Make Good’?
When a tenant of a commercial property reaches their ‘end of lease’ they are hit with the requirement by a lease contract to perform a ‘make good’ to their office space. This usually requires the tenant to remove all finishes, fixtures and fittings installed when they occupied the premises and restore the original open plan layout of the space.
This task usually comes around at the most inconvenient time of business owner or operators workload as they are often more concerned about relocating staff, equipment, furniture etc whilst still maintaining the functions of the business.
The cost of a ‘make good’ is usually borne by the tenant and must be completed prior to handover of the property to an agent, building management and/or building owner. Until now this was seen as an expensive exercise as these services are almost exclusively provided by larger fitout and refurbishment companies.
The disadvantages of engaging such a company are as follows:
- It is not their core business – you may find yourself unable to receive client dedication in busy times.
- Expensive – Due to usually high operating costs of fitout providers and lack of specialty in make good projects.
- Contract conditions – May be complex and unnecessary. We have simple contract conditions and project start up documents which speed up the process with minimal paperwork.
- Time consuming – We are able to provide a prompt service which is not hindered by slow operating and estimating procedures typical in the building industry.