Leasehold Reform & Ground Rent Changes

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...

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...