Timber Floors in Victorian Properties

Victorian properties are generally built with timber sub floors to ground and upper levels with the exception of the rear addition which is sometimes built with concrete oversight. Timber sub floors often suffer from a camber, creak or are slanted. This can be a cause...

Dampness – An Explanation

One of the main items of a building survey and one of the most commonly asked areas of investigation by clients is around damp.  There are principally two types of damp, penetrating damp and rising damp.  Some building surveyors may consider condensation as...

Loft Valuation – How Does it Work?

Loft Valuation At RES Property Surveyors, we are experts in loft valuations.  Loft valuations usually occur, or are necessitated, by one of two routes, the first is as part of a 1993 Act enfranchisement claim and the second is as part of a commercial deal where a...

Portfolio & Mixed Use Valuations

We have over the last 15 years been asked to value a number of large portfolios, a number within excess of 10 properties within the portfolio, which usually comprise of the family home and then a series of investment properties. These portfolios by nature are often...

Insurance Reinstatement Cost Assessment Strategy in 2022

The RICS published data on 19 November 2021 with the headline construction material costs increase reaching a 40 year high.  The data behind the headline RICS costing figures showed that material costs alone had increased 4.8% over the course of 2021; however,...