Hectors House Surveys
Residential Building Surveys & ValuationsBusiness partners, Jamie Middleditch (AssocRICS, MRPSA) and Richard Carrington (AssocRICS, MRPSA & ACABE), are experienced and accredited Building Surveyors and Registered Valuers, offering residential surveys and professional advice throughout East Anglia… Learn more.
Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex & Hertfordshire
RICS Home Survey Level 2:
- Visual inspection of the property, utility services and grounds.
- Description of the properties general condition.
- Highlights any defects/ areas of concern prior to purchase.
The report can be provided with or without additional professional services, such as, a market valuation and/ or rebuild cost for insurance purposes.
RICS Home Survey Level 3:
- Ideal for older, non-traditional or listed properties, a property in poor condition, or those which have been significantly altered, extended or converted.
- Visual inspection of the property, utility services and grounds.
- Comprehensive description of the property’s condition.
- Highlights and explains any defects/ issues or areas of concern, including causes and advice regarding repairs prior to purchase.
The report can be provided with or without additional professional services, such as, a market valuation and/ or rebuild cost for insurance purposes.
- RICS Red Book valuations are a formal, reliable opinion of value provided by an RICS-qualified surveyor and governed by the RICS Valuation – Global Standards (“Red Book”).
- Unlike market appraisals, provided by estate agents, Red Book valuations are required for tax assessments, legal proceedings, divorce, property disputes, company accounting, etc., to determine property values.
- The process follows strict criteria around ethics, duty of care, report content, and valuer qualifications, and mandates sufficient professional indemnity insurance.
- Inspection of a single specific defect/ issue and the provision of a concise report with a description of the defect and its likely cause, the consequences, results and effects of the problem, and the actions that should be undertaken to redress the situation.
- Highlights issues that fall short of the warranty standards or breaches of building regulations/ other statutory guidance.
- Identification and guidance prior to (or post completion) regarding any outstanding issues requiring remedial works.
- Visual inspection of the property, utility services and grounds, that is, or will be, let to tenants.
- Description of the property’s general condition.
- Highlights any defects/ areas of concern prior to purchase.
- Help landlords protect their investment.
- Consideration of Health & Safety matters that impact tenants including all 29 hazard profiles identified in the Housing Health & Safety Rating System (HHSRS).
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