Surveyor tips was set up to:
– encourage surveyors to follow the root cause approach
– help buyers & owners unable or unwilling to wait for a full survey
– increase to reach geographically and to both smaller issues.
In our opinion there is
- There is a scarcity of evidence based advice for surveyors, especially damp, and almost no sharing of tips between each other, property experts and homeowners.
- We hope to start the conversation.
- Our initial focus is residential damp surveying and remedies.
- Damp is the greatest concern to property buyers, yet few surveyors are experts at tracing damp to its root cause. Most will recommend a contractor quote for work.
- We welcome expert opinion on damp and other areas of concern to surveyors and homeowners.
Top tips
Read through our advice, given freely and please add to it.
- Consider adding to the knowledge base – you are welcome to disagree.
- Consider sharing your tips.
- Consider joining the panel of experts in different fields. We are keen to have on our panel:
- structural engineer,
- property developer,
- expert landlord,
- serial buyer,
- builder,