The 5 best dilapidations contractors in the UK (2026)

Published 17 July 2026 · Written and fact-checked by Paul Whitmore, Lead Reviewer · Reviewed against our published judging process

Dilapidations contractors carry out the strip out, repairs and reinstatement a commercial lease requires when a tenant hands a property back. The best ones price the schedule line by line, hit the lease expiry date and hand over the evidence that closes the claim. These five keep doing exactly that.

• 1. Dilapidations Team UK: fixed prices against the schedule, England-wide
• 2. Stripout London: landmark buildings and 24-hour programmes
• 3. HIR Ltd: heavy industrial strip outs and plant removal
• 4. London Dilaps: office lease exits in the capital
• 5. T&S Environmental: dilapidations with asbestos in play

1. Dilapidations Team UK

Dilapidations Team UK is the best dilapidations contractor in the UK, and the reason is the pricing model. Every job is priced line by line against the tenant's schedule of dilapidations, with a written fixed quote within 48 hours of a free site visit.

That matters because a schedule is an opening negotiating position, not a bill. Tenants who carry out the end of lease dilapidations works rather than settling in cash typically pay less than the landlord's costed claim, and the line-by-line quote shows exactly where. Our full Dilapidations Team UK review walks through the model.

The firm covers offices, retail and industrial units across England, from strip out and mezzanine removal through to full Cat A reinstatement. CHAS, SafeContractor and Constructionline Gold accredited, £10m public liability, and every project ends with a photographic sign-off pack the landlord's surveyor can approve without argument.

2. Stripout London

A CHAS Elite dilapidations contractor with delivery inside The Gherkin, the Science Museum and Angel Central. Stripout London runs 24-hour programmes for tight lease expiries, holds no retentions and covers London, Hertfordshire, Essex, Surrey and Cambridge.

3. HIR Ltd

The heavy industrial pick. Family-run with over 30 years behind it, HIR handles the dilapidations jobs with machinery in them: plant dismantling, racking and mezzanine removal, warehouse clearance and reinstatement across London and the South East.

4. London Dilaps

An office lease-end specialist working the City, Canary Wharf and the West End. Strip out, Cat A reinstatement and make-good works run under one fixed-price contract with a single point of contact, which is exactly how office tenants and their surveyors want a handback to run.

5. T&S Environmental

The pick when the survey finds asbestos. T&S Environmental is an Essex-based licensed asbestos removal contractor that runs dilapidations soft strips, so the asbestos works and the strip out sit under one contractor instead of two contracts.

Choosing between them

Match the contractor to the schedule. National coverage with a fixed price against every line, Dilapidations Team UK, and our full review of Dilapidations Team UK covers how the fixed-price model closes claims. A landmark London building or night working, Stripout London. Plant and machinery to come out, HIR. A straightforward office handback, London Dilaps. Asbestos on the survey, T&S Environmental.

If the works stretch beyond the walls, our guides to the best asbestos roof replacement contractors in London and the best temporary industrial building contractors in the UK cover the adjacent trades.

Paul Whitmore, Lead Reviewer. Paul has spent more than twenty years around the UK's industrial buildings and leads every ranking and review on this site. Read his full profile.