- 01 Scope agreed in writing
- 02 Services isolated by licensed trades
- 03 Asbestos register checked
- 04 Waste sorted and removed
- 05 Clean shell on the handover date
Two environments
Shopping centres. Westfield-style centres and neighbourhood centres have tenancy coordinators, contractor inductions, hoarding requirements, loading dock bookings and strict trading-hour rules.
High streets. More flexibility on hours, but street parking, skip bin permits, footpath protection and neighbours to manage.
What comes out
- Shopfront — glazing, doors, signage and bulkheads, as scoped.
- Fixtures — shelving, gondolas, display walls, counters.
- Ceilings and lighting installed by the tenant.
- Floors — tiles, vinyl, timber, carpet.
- Back of house — stockroom racking, staff areas, amenities.
- Services — redundant power, data, plumbing, supplementary air conditioning.
Centre requirements
| Requirement | What it means |
|---|---|
| Hoarding | Installed before works, removed at the end |
| Inductions | For every worker |
| Hours | Noisy work out of trading hours |
| Loading dock | Booked slots for waste |
| Fire systems | Isolation through centre management |
| Protection | Mall floors and routes protected |
Services
Electrical isolated by a licensed electrician, plumbing capped, fire services coordinated with the centre's contractor.
Asbestos
Older strip shops and centres from before about 1990 may contain asbestos in floor tiles, ceiling linings or behind fit-out. Registers are checked, and removal is by separately licensed asbestos removalists.
Make good
End of lease? See lease make good.
Costs
See the 2026 cost bands.
Call 02 6422 4201 or send the job details through.
More strip-out work
| Office Strip Outs | Whole floors and tenancies stripped to base building — ceilings, partitions, joinery, carpet, cabling — in occupied buildings. |
| Lease Make Good | End-of-lease make-good to the standard in your lease, handed back so the landlord signs off and the bond comes home. |
| Restaurant & Cafe Strip Outs | Commercial kitchens, exhaust hoods, cool rooms, grease traps and dining fit-outs removed and made safe. |
| Warehouse & Industrial | Mezzanines, office pods, racking, amenities and redundant plant removed from warehouses and industrial units. |
| Bathroom Demolition | Bathrooms stripped to frame or slab for renovators and homeowners — tiles, screed, fixtures and membrane out, ready to rebuild. |
| Kitchen Demolition | Kitchens removed cleanly — cabinetry, benchtops, splashbacks and appliances out, services capped, ready for install. |
Questions people ask before they commit
Can a shop strip-out happen during trading hours?
Quiet work behind a hoarding often can. Noisy work, heavy waste movements and anything creating dust are usually restricted to before or after centre trading hours. Each centre sets its own rules.
What is removed in a retail strip-out?
Commonly shopfronts and signage, shelving and display fixtures, counters, ceilings and lighting installed by the tenant, floor finishes, partitions, back-of-house fit-out, and redundant electrical, data and plumbing — back to the centre's handover standard.
Do shopping centres need hoardings?
Usually. Centres typically require a compliant hoarding across the shopfront during works, with specific graphics or finish requirements. Installing and removing the hoarding is part of the program.
What about high-street shops?
High-street strip-outs have more flexible hours but more street challenges — parking, skip bin permits, loading on busy roads, and neighbouring businesses and residents.