I recently inspected a large Victorian semi detached property. It was a beautiful sunny September afternoon and unusually I was carrying out a building survey for clients who had already purchased the property and had moved in. The clients had never purchased a period property before and had declined the advice of their legal advisers …
I have borrowed the above title from the renowned and much-loved author James Herriot who wrote a series of books about his time as a Vet. I found those books hilarious and particularly the one titled ‘It Shouldn’t Happen To A Vet’. I thought it was quite an apt title for this ‘Blog’ as it …
Unique brickwork features can tell a story. In this case it is very much a historic event, and one that was recently uncovered during a recent building survey, in September, in the rather attractive former spa town named Boston Spa. So, some clarification is needed on the use of the word, stabbings. The stabbings I …
Inspection took place on a dry day in May 2021, in Liverpool. I was waiting outside the property for my mentor to arrive with the keys to accompany the inspection, and noted significant distortion to the front elevation; the windows and doors were sloping, the front step was sloping, and there was cracking to the …
As busy Building Surveyors our diaries are booked a number of weeks in advance and will be within our ‘patch’ meaning clients can be assured of local knowledge specific to the area in which they are purchasing. Care is taken to plan our journey times, the route to be taken and anticipated time on site although this can …
I recently carried out a survey inspection in Matlock Bath, which is situated in the southeast of the Peak District. The property is a 1900 detached stone-built property with timber components (i.e. windows and doors) with a G rating energy efficiency. There is also a derelict garage to the left, extensive surrounding gardens and a …
It was a hot day and was doing the internal inspection of a vacant terrace house. I normally wear a light jacket where I keep some of the tools I frequently use throughout the survey, but it wasn’t comfortable this time and I decided to remove it and hang it to one of the staircase …
I carried out a survey last year August to a 1900 contemporary cottage style property in a rural area of Hanbury, Burton-On-Trent. The property itself was immaculately presented, the views were jaw-dropping, birds were chirping, cows mooing, etc. As I continued my surveying routine and external inspection, I have witnessed the unexpected… the cows were …
We all appreciate that if you go back 100 years or more and compare our living standards to then, how vastly improved they have become particularly in the ‘developed’ world. We, as a society expect and demand certain standards and rightly so. However, what astounds me is that we only need to go back as …
I have recently surveyed a flat in a converted church close to Crystal Palace Park in South East London. The former New Church (Swedenborgian) was built in 1883. The church was listed as an example of an early and curious use of concrete for church building. Designed by W J E Henley of the Concrete …
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