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Surveying
Huntsman Eldridge are a firm of building surveyors based in Chiswick,
we are members of the Chartered Institution of Building (CIOB) and
have recently become a Chartered Building Consultancy, we primarily
act as Project Managers on residential refurbishment and new building
projects, and we also carry out both Condition and Measured Surveys
on all types of properties.
Before buying a home, it is important to know what condition it
is in. If there are defects / short life materials, you may be faced
with unexpected expense to rectify them.
A building / structural survey should reveal them at a stage when
decisions can be made about negotiations on the price or looking
elsewhere. With respect to Flats / Apartments, there will usually
be provision to charge the leaseholder a proportion of the cost of
repairs and decoration etc of the common parts, external walls, roof
and external areas; possibly to include other buildings on the estate.
Accordingly it is wise to check these as well.
Solicitors will usually advise their clients that once they have
bought a property there is 'no come back' on the vendor if inadequacies
or defects are subsequently found.
Condition Survey
The survey will look at both the
exterior and interior of the property. The areas it will address
include the following:
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Roof, chimney, gutters, downpipes, main
walls, windows, doors, loft, ceilings, floors, walls |
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Roof space/loft, ceilings, internal
walls, floors, fireplaces, chimney breasts, internal decorations |
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Services - electrical installation,
gas installation, water, central heating and the drains |
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Externally, gardens, boundaries and
garages, safety, location and environment a local |
Measured Survey
The surveys are used to collect measurements
of both external and internal layouts of the property, this data
will then transferred
to our AutoCAD system, where we will produce accurate layouts and
elevations of the property, this survey is useful for both the planning
and design purposes, and may also be useful for other purposes such
as:
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Planning Applications |
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Permitted Developments Rights |
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Listed Building Consent |
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Building Control Approval |
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Party Wall Matters |
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Change of Use |
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Service Installations |
Types of property
Typically Huntsman Eldridge inspect and report on:
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Medium to Large urban and suburban houses |
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Other houses of all ages and styles |
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Flats and Apartments of all ages and
styles |
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Homes converted from buildings previously
in other uses |
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Listed buildings |
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