Commercial landlords & REITs
Protect the yield. Defend the spend.
Roof and facade failure is the cost that arrives without warning and the deferral nobody can defend. Ovrsite gives asset managers one current view of envelope risk across the portfolio, and a CAPEX plan that survives a board.
01The problem
The roof is where the surprises live.
Across a commercial portfolio, the building envelope drives the unplanned spend. A failed flat roof becomes water in a let unit, a rent dispute, and an emergency contractor at a premium. The condition data you hold was usually written by whoever last quoted the repair.
Meanwhile the deadlines stack up. Minimum energy efficiency standards tighten, lease events arrive, and acquisitions need diligence in days, not weeks. Each one asks the same question: what condition is this asset actually in?
02Plain answers
The deadlines and duties behind the spend.
What is MEES, and when do the standards tighten?
The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards govern the EPC rating a commercial property needs to be let. The current minimum is an E. Government policy has signalled a move toward EPC C by 2027 and EPC B by 2030, with civil penalties that can reach £150,000 for the most serious breaches. Knowing the fabric condition of an asset is the start of any retrofit case.
Why does working at height matter to cost?
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require you to avoid work at height where it is reasonably practicable. A drone inspection often achieves the same result without putting a person on the roof, which removes both the risk and the scaffold bill.
03How Ovrsite helps
One record that works across the whole hold period.
Inspect the portfolio once a year and Atlas holds the trend. You see which roofs are deteriorating, which can safely wait, and where next year's capital should land. At acquisition, a fast envelope capture tells you what you are buying before you commit. At a lease event, the condition record supports the dilapidations position.
- Portfolio-wide roof and facade risk, ranked
- Costed, multi-year CAPEX forecast for the board
- Pre-acquisition envelope due diligence, fast
- Condition evidence for dilapidations and lease events
- Fabric and heat-loss data to inform MEES and retrofit
Commercial portfolios, answered
Yes. We plan multi-site capture as a programme, with consistent grading and reporting across every asset, so a portfolio of any size reads as one inspection rather than a stack of separate reports.
No. An EPC is produced by an accredited assessor under a separate process. Thermography shows where a building loses heat and where insulation has failed, which informs the retrofit and MEES strategy. It supports the energy case rather than replacing the certificate.
Capture is fast because there is no scaffold to arrange. For a single asset, findings can be back within days, which fits most diligence windows. Tell us the deadline and we will plan to it.
Reporting is written to RICS-aligned conventions and every finding is dated, located and human-validated. It is built to be put in front of a lender, a valuer or a board.
Know the envelope before it costs you.
Tell us about your portfolio. We will fly one asset, return graded findings and a costed plan, and show you how it reads across the whole estate.