Expert Land Surveyors in Abingdon

Once we have been instructed to undertake a survey, we will arrange to send the client formal terms of engagement. We will then arrange for a surveyor to visit the property to perform their inspection.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is the leading profession for property professionals. It regulates its members to ensure the highest standards; protects clients and consumers via a strict code of ethics; and provides impartial advice and guidance.

When an individual is coming from a country outside of the EC to live in the UK, they have to confirm that they are moving into accommodation which is of a suitable standard, safe from serious health and safety hazards and which will not be made overcrowded by their arrival.

Structural Engineers specialise in the structure of buildings (foundations, walls and roofs). They provide services whereby they will inspect specific problems with existing buildings for example those showing signs of subsidence or heave in the foundations, movement or cracking of the walls or sagging of the ceiling or the roofline. They can also help with structural design and calculations for changes.

Houses built with non-traditional construction usually uses systems of building focused on speed and economy of construction. Buildings of this type were particularly common in the 1950's and were often used by local authorities to mass build. Many of these houses were designated as 'defective' under Part XV1 Housing Act 1985.