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Homebuyers Surveys in Oakwood and Breadsall
Building/ Structural Survey in Oakwood and Breadsall
About Steve Butler RICS Chartered Surveyors
Steve Butler Chartered Surveyors are entirely independent of any estate agents lenders or mortgage brokers and not pay introductory fees ensuring our independence.
Our surveyors have lived in or owned properties of all types and ages in many parts Oakwood and Breadsall so we have considerable local knowledge of most areas, and practical experience of owning and maintaining many types and ages of property.
Experience
Steve Butler Chartered Surveyor has lived near to Oakwood and Breadsall all his life and is thus very familiar with the area. Steve has been providing Homebuyers Survey Reports, Building Surveys and RICS Valuations of residential properties in Oakwood and Breadsall since qualifying as Chartered Surveyor in 1992. Steve Butler has also passed the Government's Home Inspector Examinations and is a qualified residential property energy surveyor and associate member of the Chartered Institution of Legal Executives.
Our aims
Steve Butler RICS Surveyors aim to be entirely independent. Our surveyors no obligations other than to ensuring our clients receive best advice promptly at reasonable cost for the work done. Our suveyors aim to provide a high quality, but cost-effective service. We like to be accessible to the client by phone and e-mail, and would always encourage face to face meetings with the surveyor on site in order that we and the client entirely understand each other and can discuss the issues with them at hand. Specialising in residential properties, our homebuyers surveys building surveys and RICS valuations will allow you to reach a decision, uninfluenced by external considerations.
Living in Oakwood and Breadsall ensures that our surveyors have good local knowledge and will be familiar with local property market conditions, historical factors that may affect a site, local geology,proposed developments and local building techniques which is particularly important for houses built before the introduction of UK wide regulations and volume house building.
RICS Regulated Surveyors Oakwood and Breadsall
Steve Butler Surveyors Oakwood and Breadsall are RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Regulated. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ensures that surveyors adhere to high standards of professionalism, have a good understanding of their areas of practice, follow best practices, and always follow a strict code of conduct. RICS regulated surveyors are high quality surveyors.
The advantages of using an RICS regulated firm of Surveyors include:
Surveyors that give you clear, impartial and expert advice
Chartered Surveyors that act only in your interest
RICS surveyors they are tightly regulated and have to follow strict rules of conduct
Surveyors that are insured to protect you
RICS surveyors have a specific set of rules and best practice guidance, the Red Book, designed to help ensure RICS valuation surveyors provide a consistent service to standards recognised world wide
Chartered Surveyors have to update their skills and knowledge throughout their careers, so you can rely on their expertise you are protected by a complaints procedure and access to independent redress, for example through an independent dispute resolution scheme.
Oakwood and Breadsall Surveyors Building Survey Report for Insurers
This otherwise immaculate Oakwood and Breadsall house was written off by insurers following cracking due to a leaking lead pipe. Insuers refused to carry out repairs as the leaking lead pipe was in an adjacent uninsured property. The insurers paid the owners of the house its market value before the cracking and also let them keep it! The adjacent property was made subject to an order prohibiting habitation folowing a structural surveyors report.
Oakwood and Breadsall surveyors RICS Homebuyers Surveyors Report on an unusual three-story detached house constructed into the side of a hill. An uneven flat roof and poor drainage arrangements was causing it to hold water. Damaged roof tiles were a problem as they had an unusual profile and obtaining replacements would be difficult. A warm air system alarmed our surveyors due to potential asbestos issues and. Leaking balcony surfaces were decaying the supporting decks. There were collapsed retaining walls and poor channel arrangements in drain chambers.
Services offered by our Oakwood and Breadsall RICS Chartered Surveyors
Our Chartered Surveyors specialise in RICS property surveys and valuations of residental property in the Oakwood and Breadsall and Oakwood and Breadsallshire area including:
A survey that includes a full description of how the property is put together. Useful in understanding older properties that may have methods of construction that are not common today or if they are of unusual layout or have been substantially altered.
Our favourite survey. A punchy report that tells you the important things about the property, particularly those that are serious, require urgent attention or are likely to affect the property’s value. Covers all part of the property includes structural movement, dampness, rot, drains and electrics
Valuations specifically written to meet Target's requirements. We can prepare these for a fixed fee of £300.00 and have lots of experience and can ensure that they meet Targets requirements first time.
Valuations that meet the requirements of the various courts and tribunals for use in Matrimonial, Taxation, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Probate and Court of Protection negotiations.
Independent Expert Surveyors Reports
For use in insurance claims for structural movement, and a wide range of disputes including boundaries and rights of way, and poor workmanship disputes with builders in respect of kitchens, conservatories, tiles, roofs, stairs, sliding and folding doors and windows and bathrooms among others.
Public Houses are often very old and have often been neglected by past tenants with little interest in the future of the building. Pub surveys are useful if buying such a property and essential if leasing on where the landlords will, if at all possible, present you with a long list of repairs at the end of the tenancy and want financial compensation.
A client who had opted for a survey from one of our cheaper surveyor allies recently approached our surveyors for assistance.
The other surveyor had not bothered to move the remains of a small bed in an otherwise empty house to get in to the attic. It took our surveyors about 30 seconds.
The original slate roof surface had been replaced with heavier concrete tiles causing the roof structure to snap. Remedial works were likely to be expensive
The surveyors had not opened the drain cover as it was supposed to be corroded in. Again it took our surveyors about 30 seconds.
The drain was of course blocked due to a problem with the channel.
The surveyor offered some advice about dampness. The suggestion was completely unnecessary and put everybody in the house at risk of burning to death as the suggestions severely compromised the fire protection of the property. In this case particular important, as it was three stories plus cellar and likely to be in multiple occupation.
Our surveyors were able to advise the client against that course of action saving potential prosecution/ closure by the Environmental Health Officer.
By doing only half a job and not stopping to think about the content of the report the other surveyors were naturally able to be much quicker and cheaper.
Not so cheap in the long run!
Google reviews of our Oakwood and Breadsall surveyors from past customers are usually five star rated with an average score of 4.7.
Price
Price should always be taken into consideration when choosing a RICS Chartered Surveyor but the cheapest quote may not offer the best value for money. We win over ninety percent of instructions that we are invited to quote for suggesting that are fees are competitive and considered to be good value for the level of service offered. Clients are always welcome to meet us on site and discuss matters whilst they are at hand. Many other surveyors hide from their clients behind their secretaries.
Homebuyers Survey, Building Survey or RICS Valuation? What type of house survey should you commission?
The following link advises potential puchasers about the different type of surveys that our surveyors can provide and the problems with relying on a mortgage valuation survey.
Do I need a survey, and which survey should I chooose?