by main-user | Feb 1, 2026 | News
If you are buying property in the UK, commissioning a building survey is one of the most importantdecisions you can make. A building survey provides a comprehensive assessment of the conditionof a property, helping buyers avoid unexpected repair costs and make...
by main-user | Feb 1, 2026 | News
The UK Government has introduced major reforms to the leasehold system aimed at making home ownership fairer, simpler and more transparent. These changes affect both new and existing leasehold properties and have important implications for property values, sales and...
by main-user | Dec 28, 2025 | News
An understanding of the interplay between cost and value in surveyor professional negligence and misrepresentation cases, or any other cases around building or land defects, where the measure of damages is diminution in value, is important. Cost and value are not the...
by main-user | Jul 28, 2022 | News
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...
by main-user | May 18, 2022 | News
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...
by main-user | Jan 13, 2022 | News
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...
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