It is important for landlords and tenants to know where they stand on dilapidations and the process for resolving issues because there are often claims for large sums of money at the end of leases. Accordingly, the RICS published the seventh edition of the Dilapidations Guidance Note (DGN) in September intending to reduce the areas of contention between landlords and tenants. Has it succeeded or has the RICS just made things more complicated? Any initial reservations that the latest DGN would predominantly be a scattering of minor amendments were quickly dispelled, There are three stand-out changes that the RICS is either addressing for the first time or substantially expanding on from previous editions.
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