Alan Holmes DipSurv, MRICS, MCIAT Is a chartered Building Surveyor, specialising in building defect pathology. Alan is managing director at Alan Holmes Building Surveying Services Ltd, a firm specialising in Level 2 and Level 3 residential surveys. Abstract I have read many books and articles on surveying and building defects and in general they describe […]
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Modern survey techniques improve building defects pathology
Alan Holmes Building Surveying Ltd invest in training and equipment to help during building surveys to provide our clients with the most thorough and accurate report available. Prior to carrying out the actual building survey, AHBSS carry out a desk top study using historic OS maps, environmental search (environment agency), Radon maps, BS8104 exposure zones […]
No house survey is false economy, says RICS
By Simon Gompertz Personal finance correspondent, BBC News More families are shunning full building surveys so they can raise enough cash to buy a home. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) warns that they risk huge repair costs after finding nasty surprises later. One in five of those who did not bother with a […]
