by Tim Kenny | Oct 3, 2017 | Property News |
Although I don’t carry out valuation work I do still keep an eye on my local market and noted that recently there has been a fall in asking prices in Chichester. Shocking news for some until you look a little closer. The numbers showed that the average asking price...
by Tim Kenny | Sep 25, 2017 | Technical |
One of the questions I get asked most often as a surveyor is “Do your surveys check for rising damp?” Many buyers are worried out this, particularly when buying older properties. Quite sensibly they have sought the advice of a surveyor and are looking to have a...
by Tim Kenny | Mar 7, 2017 | Technical |
Some people might look at a blank wall in a house and find it a little dull, some might think about whether a picture might look good just there. If you are a budding Banksy you may be reaching for a can of spray paint. For a surveyor carrying out a Building Survey...
by Tim Kenny | Nov 24, 2016 | Technical |
One of the bits of advice buyers are often given is to lie on the floor and look at the ceiling to get an idea of the size of a room without the furniture in the way. Other than the few brave souls who actually get down on the carpet to do this I don’t think many...
by Tim Kenny | Oct 5, 2016 | Technical |
The title of this blog post comes from something I heard last week as I was clambering about a slightly awkward loft and had been up there for a while. It made me think about the fact that most people don’t really know what Surveyors actually do, what we are looking...