Trees can add beauty, privacy, maturity, and value to a home. They soften a streetscape, improve outlook, and are often seen as a desirable feature by owners and buyers alike. But while trees can enhance a property, they can also present a very real structural risk...
When inspecting flats and completing our Level 2 or Level 3 Surveys, many of the defects we identify are not significant structural failures, but the sorts of everyday issues that can still have a real impact on cost, maintenance, enjoyment, and future ownership. In...
Throughout the UK, many homeowners will have gardens with mature and established trees within them. In most cases, these trees will live long and prosperous lives, far outlasting the current owners of the property. However, in some cases, the current owner of the...
In this article, we are going be looking at the options that are open to a property buyer if their pre purchase survey, or RICS Home Survey flags up issues that they weren’t aware of. DON’T PANIC First and foremost, don’t panic. It’s very usual for property surveys to...
This blog post is written for homeowners who want to make the most of the dryer summer months and undertake necessary property remedial works. Planning your property maintenance works, ensures you’re able to safeguard yourself against the wetter winter months reducing...
Hello and welcome to today's installment of our property surveying blog post. In today's blog, I am going to be discussing building surveying matters, specifically looking into what are pre-purchase surveys. A pre-purchase survey is something that you can choose to...
Hello and welcome to our property surveying blog post, In today’s blog we will be taking a look at Defect Analysis reports and some of the common defects that we have come across over the years at Stokemont. What is a defect analysis report? A defect analysis report...
Hello and welcome to today's informative property surveying blog post. In today's blog post I am going to be taking a look at what is Japanese Knotweed and how to get rid of it. Japanese Knotweed is an invasive plant species (meaning that it is not native to England)...
In the run up to the purchase of a property, you will want to ensure that you have left no stone unturned and have taken a proactive and informed approach to the potential property purchase. Eventually, the checks that you undertake will include discussions with...
Hello, and welcome to today’s property surveying blog post, in today’s blog post we are going to be going over Building Surveying services taking a look at RICS homebuyer reports and our unique cost rating system that we use at Stokemont within all our RICS homebuyer...
