As an associate member of the Pyramus and Thisbe Society we assist with all aspects of party wall legislation to prevent disputes between neighbours. A recent example involved a party wall agreement between B+Q, Lidl and Currys in Worthing.

We have also provided reviews of boundaries to determine ownership, comparing land registry plans with the actual site layout assisting solicitors and land owners to resolve boundary claims.

We ensure compliance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations to safeguard health and safety on-site. We have acted in Principal Designer roles and are able to complete this role as well as the newly created Principal Designer (Building Regulations) role.

Our detailed assessments ensure that properties are adequately insured by calculating accurate reinstatement costs. We have completed numerous insurance valuations, previously completing all properties owned by City and County of Swansea. We recently undertook a multi occupied site valuation comprising of residential houses, flats, commercial units including warehouse, gym, swimming pool, retail, take away restaurant and offices in Southampton.

We can assist building owners by assessing the current condition of a property and advising on anticipated future maintenance costs over a set period of 5-10 years allowing our clients to determine budgets and programme their maintenance works to limit reactive maintenance. We completed in September 2024 a preventative maintenance schedule on a residential block of flats in Cowes advising that a roof recovering and render repairs were required imminently but also advising on how to protect the building to limit future costs, whilst projecting likely 10 year maintenance costs and plans.

We assess properties to determine immediate works required and advise on what is needed in the short term and provide a report advising on future maintenance. A building defect assessment will typically look at one identified defect. We recently undertook an assessment of a block of flats in Portsmouth where we were asked to look at some defect render with cracks and loose render noted. We were able to identify cavity wall tie failure at an early stage and defective concrete lintels suffering from concrete cancer. The client was provided with a budget cost of rectification works with phasing advice to limit the immediate capital spend.

We are able to provide part 35 compliant expert witness reports within our field of expertise. We have undertaken expert witness reports for Contractors, Building owners for residential works and large development schemes. These include reports that were used to complete successful multi million pound claims against an insurance backed new build guarantor firm where previously the claims had been rejected.

We are able to provide drone surveys without the need of access hoists or scaffolding to assess roof conditions, external walls, fascias and guttering. This is carried out by our Chartered Building Surveyor who is able to assess Building Defects as part of our services.