Build a make-good and dilapidations schedule from the lease and reports
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Compare the lease make-good clause with the condition report and produce a schedule of claimed items with clause references.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide which items the clause actually requires
- Rely on photographs and the original condition report, not the generated schedule
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording and identifying points for review. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Review operative clauses in the complete document, including definitions, cross-references, schedules and inconsistencies with the instructions.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deed of surrender of lease, with mutual release, make-good settlement and registration steps (NSW) | Deed | AI use Yellow | A deed ending a lease early by agreement: surrender date, vacant possession, make-good settlement or works, rent to the surrender date, return of security, mutual releases, and the NSW Land Registry steps to register a surrender of a registered lease. |
| End-of-lease make-good: checklist, schedule of works, settlement letter and return of security (NSW notes) | Checklist | AI use Yellow | A checklist and letter set for the end of a commercial or retail lease: reading the make-good obligations, building the schedule of works from condition reports, a cash-settlement letter, the NSW damages cap for repair covenants and the return of bank guarantees and bonds. |
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