structural repairs

In construction, structural repairs is a technical term describing maintenance of a property structure in order to bring it up to local health and safety standards. It is contrasted to renovations or non-structural repairs. Unlike renovations, structural repairs add relatively little value to a property.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PcYEkGcfBWUC&q=granada+theatres+ltd.+v+freehold+investment+%22structural+repairs%22&pg=PA46|title=West and Smith's Law of Dilapidations|last=Smith|first=P. F.|date=2001|publisher=Estates Gazette|isbn=9780728203525|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/homebuyingfordum00eric_0|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/homebuyingfordum00eric_0/page/178 178]|quote=fixed uppers.|title=Home Buying For Dummies|last1=Tyson|first1=Eric|last2=Brown|first2=Ray|date=2009-04-15|publisher=Wiley|isbn=9780470500644|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.olympic-construction.co.uk/structural-repairs|title=Structural Repairs {{!}} Olympic Construction|work=Olympic Construction|access-date=2018-01-14|language=en-GB}}

Leases often include provisions that define what types of changes amount to structural repairs and assign responsibility to either the tenant or the landlord.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbjlaw.com/2011/12/13/when-is-a-repair-structural-or-nonstructural-under-a-commercial-lease/|title=When Is a Repair Structural or Nonstructural Under a Commercial Lease? {{!}} Commercial Real Estate Property Attorneys {{!}} Westchester, NY|website=www.sbjlaw.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-14}}