Chartered Building Surveyor
Whether you're looking to purchase a property or make changes to your existing one; need advice on the Party Wall etc Act 1996 or have a specific problem or defect with your property, we offer advice on all aspects of residential properties, including maintenance, repair, alterations, loft conversion and extensions.
Complete and partial building surveys
As Chartered Building Surveyors we provide bespoke full building surveys equivalent to the RICS survey level three standard of the state and condition of a property which will include advise on the necessary repairs to the structure and fabric of the building and the potential for future failures.
We do not currently offer the Level 2 HomeBuyer Survey.
There are occasions when you may feel there is not a need to have the entire house surveyed, which is why we offer part surveys and limited inspections. Whether this is on individual elements of the building, e.g. main walls, roofs and/or floors or an inspection for rising and penetrating damp, structural movement, water penetration or decay.
Experienced party wall surveyors
If you are considering extending or altering your home, we can advise on the implications of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. Since the Party Wall etc Act 1996 came into force, homeowners in England and Wales have had a procedure to follow when building work involves a party wall or party fence wall, excavations close to neighbouring buildings and new walls on boundaries.
The Act is designed to avoid or minimise disputes by making sure property owners notify their neighbours in advance of the proposed works. The Act states that where the neighbour does not ‘agree’ in writing to the works a surveyor or surveyors will determine the time and way in which those works are carried out which is laid out in a Party Wall Award.
There are some things that you can only do to a party wall after notifying your neighbour either with the written agreement of the neighbour or with a Party Wall Award. Such works include:
Cutting into a wall to take the bearing of a beam, weathering the junction of adjoining walls or buildings by cutting a flashing into an adjoining building, excavating foundations within three or six metres of a neighbour’s structure and building a new wall on the boundary between two properties.
Building Surveying Services
- Level 3 Building Surveys on residential buildings
- A full architectural service for the alteration of your property - including alterations, extensions, garage conversions and loft conversions
- The preparation of drawings and the submission of planning applications
- The preparation and submission of building regulation applications. Obtaining building regulation consent
- Defects analysis
- Party Wall Surveyor - Acting as Building Owners, Adjoining Owners and Agreed Surveyor
- Specification of repairs
- Advice and information on the construction of your property
- Schedules of Condition for attachment to a new lease
Sussex Building Surveyors offer fixed fees on the majority of work carried out, so you know how much it will cost you beforehand.
Sussex Building Surveyors Ltd are not
registered for VAT and therefore VAT is not
applicable to fees.
These are only some of the services we offer. If you have other surveying issues, either call or email to discuss your requirements.
