What is the price of vacant property grilles and screens in Benfleet?
Our guide range for vacant property grilles and screens in Benfleet is £145 to £395 plus VAT (£174 to £474 inc VAT) per opening, including fitting. The survey is free for new installations and your fixed price follows in writing.
Vacant property grilles and screens are steel panels or grilles fixed over the windows and doors of an empty building to stop break-ins, squatting, fly-tipping and vandalism. Perforated steel screens let light and air in while keeping people out, and come down cleanly when the building is reoccupied.
Specification at a glance
- Removal and making good at reoccupation
- Light and ventilation through perforations
- Steel security door with a key or code lock
- Schedules for portfolios of empty units
- Anti-tamper fixings
- Fixing to brick, block, timber or uPVC frames
Fitting in Benfleet and nearby
Whether you are in central Benfleet or at the edge of the SS7 district, we can arrange a survey. Nearby Canvey Island and Rayleigh are covered too.
Essex ranges from Victorian terraces in Southend and Colchester to new towns such as Harlow and Basildon and large commuter estates near London.
This type of grille suits:
- Development sites before works
- Void council and housing association homes
- Empty shops and offices
- Properties awaiting sale or probate
Questions we will ask at the survey
Insurance
Unoccupied buildings often have insurer conditions; check them before the building is left.
Access
Decide who needs access and whether a key or code lock suits them.
Planning and safety in England
External grilles and planning
External grilles and shutters on shops and other commercial buildings normally need planning permission from the local council because they change the building's appearance. Many councils' shopfront guides favour internal, open-lattice grilles, particularly in conservation areas.
Grilles in rented homes
Landlords in England must keep rented homes free from serious hazards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, which includes fire. A grille that stops a tenant using an escape window can create a hazard, so grilles in rented homes should have keyless internal releases.
How it works
- Tell us about the opening
- Survey and measuring
- Written quote and lead time
- Fitting, testing and handover
Vacant property grilles and screens in Benfleet: questions
Do you cover Canvey Island as well as Benfleet?
Yes. As well as Benfleet, we can arrange surveys in nearby Canvey Island, Rayleigh and Wickford, and elsewhere in Essex.
Can screens be fitted to upper windows?
Yes, where they can be reached safely. Accessible upper windows above flat roofs or extensions are often included.
Do screens damage the building?
Screens are fixed with anchors that leave small holes, which we make good when the screens come down.
Are screens better than boarding?
Steel screens are stronger, harder to remove, let light in and generally look less neglected than timber boards.
Vacant property grilles and screens in nearby towns
- Canvey Island2 miles
- Rayleigh3 miles
- Wickford4 miles
- Basildon5 miles
- Stanford-le-Hope6 miles
- Southend-on-Sea7 miles
Other grilles in Benfleet
- Shopfront security grilles
- Front door security gates
- Escape window grilles (quick release)
- Retractable security grilles
- Counter and hatch grilles
- Fixed window grilles and bars
Get a guide price now and book your free survey in Benfleet.