by main-user | Mar 8, 2021 | News
This is the next in our building surveying blog looking at the major items of defect within a building survey report. This building survey blog deals with roofs. Often roofs are the single biggest, or one of the single biggest, identified in a building survey. The...
by main-user | Feb 23, 2021 | News
A common question we often get from clients making building survey inquiries is whether you can undertake a building survey on a flat. In this blog, we explore this question. Many surveyors hold the belief that you cannot undertake a building survey on a flat. ...
by main-user | Feb 11, 2021 | News
Lease Extension Valuation Update Many clients have approached our team of lease extension valuation surveyors interested in knowing the implication for lease extensions by virtue of the Government’s recent announcement on planned changes to the existing legislation....
by main-user | Feb 4, 2021 | News
This is the first in our series of building surveying blogs looking at common building defects in period property a high proportion of which comprise the work of the residential building survey. This blog will look at the issue of chimney stacks in relation to the...
by main-user | Feb 2, 2021 | News
Our expert valuation surveyors at RES Property Surveyors are well versed in providing diminution in value assessments and expert evidence. We undertake on average 50-100 expert reports per annum. Diminution in value calculations can be required in a variety of...
by main-user | Jan 28, 2021 | News
The Root of the Problem – An Introduction Without an overuse of puns, Japanese Knotweed has been a growing issue in the residential property market, and particularly for building surveyors, for well over a decade. We analyse below as to whether this really deserves to...
by main-user | Jan 4, 2021 | News
There is a question in quoting for a potential instruction and, from a solicitor’s point of view, in approaching a surveyor and then considering that particular quote, as to whether the valuer has sufficient experience. It is of course a matter for the expert...
by main-user | Jan 31, 2020 | News
REPORT: HOW IS AIRBNB AFFECTING RENTERS? The phenomenon of Airbnb and short-term renting is still enjoying a huge boom as travellers – particularly millennials – look beyond traditional hotels for an experience while travelling. However, From Athens to...
by main-user | Jan 23, 2020 | News
The Law Commission recently published a report setting out options to reduce the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold or extend the lease on their qualifying property. The object of leasehold extensions and enfranchisement is to improve the value...
by main-user | Dec 4, 2019 | News
As climate crisis becomes a household concern, it might be houses which need the most attention first. Making a house energy efficient could have a number of benefits, including drastically increasing its value, reducing yearly energy bills and helping to save the...
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