The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread

[Pete]

• Branch refurbishments tend to hollow out the floor, remove old-fashioned lines of cashier windows and siderooms and replace them with a huge hollow space with some desks and machines. I can imagine the latter is easier to find an alternative tenant for

unless it was outright owned by the bank, surely that's the landlord's problem?

[m-in-m]

When a tenant moves out they will, subject to the terms of the lease, have to return the building to the condition it was in when they moved in or negotiate a settlement figure for the dilapidations. Most businesses will provide for these over the years of the lease but I think it's only allowable for tax when it's released (they incur the cost).