Shop & Retail Strip Out & Defit Sydney

Shop defit timing depends on tenancy size, fit out density, services, landlord requirements and how much of the work must run outside trading hours. Heavily fitted hospitality spaces, like the sushi train restaurant we defitted in Mona Vale, need a more detailed programme than a standard retail shell. We confirm the timeframe with your quote and work to your handover date.

Shopping centres often require work outside trading hours. The available work window, inductions, contractor paperwork, hoardings and access routes must be approved by centre management and confirmed in the quote before the programme is agreed.

We remove the tenant-installed items listed in the quote, including shelving, displays, counters, built-in joinery, signage and equipment. Metals, timber and cardboard are recycled where facilities accept them, with the balance taken to appropriate facilities. If particular fittings need to be kept for reuse, tell us at quote stage.

We scope the defit against your lease make-good clause and condition report, then record the agreed work boundary before starting. The quote states whether patching, restoration and final-walkthrough requirements are included or remain by others. The commercial defit and make-good page explains how the wider lease obligation is reviewed.

Yes, hospitality is a big part of our defit work. Commercial kitchens, exhaust canopies, cool rooms, benches and grease traps all come out, with plumbing, gas and electrical capped by licensed trades. Our completed Mona Vale sushi train defit is a good example: a full hospitality fit out returned to a clean shell for landlord handover. Call 0424 944 944 to talk through your tenancy.