Building Surveying

We offer a full range of building surveying services

Property purchase

A Property Purchase Survey will provide factual information on significant aspects of the condition of the property, usually a home, to the prospective purchaser. The Survey will be carried out under conditions (or terms) of engagement agreed with the professional undertaking the work. For straightforward properties where the client requires no out-of-the-ordinary advice, the report may be in a standard format and under the relevant standard conditions of engagement, such as those produced by the organisation of which the professional undertaking the work is a member.Minor items of disrepair which do not materially affect the value will not normally be reported. Whether services will be tested or not will be agreed between the parties beforehand

Building Survey

A Building Survey is an investigation and assessment of the construction and condition of a building and will not normally include advice on value. This may be carried out by a member of any of the contributing organisations who has appropriate experience.

The survey will generally include the structure, fabric, finishes and grounds; the

exposure and testing of services are not usually covered. The extent of the survey will be subject to specific agreement between the professional and the client and advice on costs of repair will be subject to such agreement. The Report will include reference to visible defects and guidance as appropriate on maintenance and remedial measures.The Report may recommend that Elemental or specialist investigations are undertaken or other specialist advice obtained relating to specific issues.

Elemental or Specialist investigation

An Elemental or Specialist Investigation will be carried out where concern exists over specific parts of, or defects in, a property. Examples of this specialist work are the detailed study of movement, cracking, bulging, timber decay or the testing of building

services such as wiring, heating, drainage etc. The scope of this type of investigation will be specific to each individual job and, if necessary, the brief may be altered as findings on site dictate.

Stock Condition survey

A Stock Condition Survey will be commissioned to assess the state of repair or condition of an organisation's current building stock in connection with the preparation of a maintenance programme. The results of Stock Condition Surveys will often be stored on a database.

Schedule of condition

A Schedule of Condition will record the condition of the building at that particular time and may be supported by photographs, sketches and drawings. It may be prepared at the beginning of a lease or prior to commencement of adjacent construction work or in connection with litigation.

Schedule of dilapidations

A Schedule of Dilapidations will identify the wants of repair of tenanted premises inrelation to the repairing obligations under the terms of the lease. It may be prepared for service on the landlord or tenant, depending on their respective lease obligations.

The inspection of leasehold property will mean that the liability to remedy defects will be controlled by the working of the lease. Each limitation that may have been found will have to be assessed to find whether it is the result of a breach of a lease covenant and whether its existence will mean that there is a contractual duty to remedy the deficiency. Such an operation deals with present failure and does not require preventative steps to be taken unless this is contemplated by the wording of the lease. The inspection level will vary, but towards the end of the lease the investigation will be far more onerous and embracing than the conventional building survey.

Measured survey

A Measured Survey, sometimes referred to as a Dimensional Survey, will involve

taking measurements of a building and/or its site in order to prepare accurate drawings to scale. Such a survey may include taking levels. The purpose for which the drawings will be required, their scale, detail and acceptable tolerances need to be agreed between the parties beforehand.

Inspection of Buildings under construction

Inspection of Buildings Under Construction are required for a variety of purposes, including statutory requirements, which will dictate the frequency and scope of inspection and reporting format, and these must be agreed between the professional

and the client.

Claims Validation & Loss Adjusting

We offer over 10 years experience within the insurance and loss adjusting sector. Our surveyors undertake high volumes of validation and arbitration inspections on a weekly basis, are are able to deal with high volumes of claims at short notice. Our aim has always been to better the service level agreements placed by insurers, and for this reason our business has grown and reputation increased within the insurance industry.