Our Property Blog & Press
Property matters can often be confusing, with multiple professional opinions and sources of information available from the simplest of searches.
Through our weekly blog post, we aim to clarify Property topics in an easy to follow and informative approach.
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Buying House Survey
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...
Dilapidations Discussions
In today’s Property Surveying blog post, we are going to be talking about property dilapidations. Property dilapidations will come into play as the tenant is approaching the end and termination of their commercial lease. As part of the landlord’s procedures to ensure...
How to serve a party wall notice correctly?
In this week’s property surveying blog, we will be looking into Party Wall Notices and how to ensure that the notice served is deemed valid. Party Wall Notices are in place to first and foremost invoke the Party Wall etc Act 1996 upon the adjoining owner(s),...
Who is Responsible for Dilapidation?
Property dilapidations occur and arise at the end of a commercial tenant’s lease, tenure and occupancy of the property in question. Under the terms of the tenant’s lease and in particular, the dilapidations covenant, they will be legally responsible to repair, make...
Agreed Party Wall Surveyor Procedures
An agreed party wall surveyor will become applicable when a building owner serves a Party Wall Notice upon their neighbour, the adjoining owner. Once that Party Wall Notice has been received, assuming the adjoining owner opts to dissent to the Notice, under Section 10...
Do I Need to Serve a Party Wall Notice?
Hello and welcome to today's property surveying blog post, in today’s blog post, we are going to be looking at Party Wall Surveying procedures concentrating on whether or not you will need to serve a Party Wall Notice. Whether you need to serve a Party Wall Notice...
Typical Boundary Disputes
Boundary disputes and boundary surveying can be a concerning time for property owners. A boundary dispute typically arises when two owners who share a boundary have some form of disagreement in respect of the boundary’s position, direction or location. As with any...
RICS Homebuyer Reports Condition & Cost Ratings
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...
Party Wall Notice Response Timing Quick Guide
Upon service of the Party Wall Notice an adjoining owner will have 16 calendar days to review and respond. In the scenario that the adjoining owner hasn’t responded within those 16 calendar days the building owner can serve a further Party Wall Notice upon them. ...
Are My Neighbour’s Works Party Wall Works?
In today’s Property Surveying blogpost, we are going to be discussing party wall surveying procedures. This blogpost will take a look at one of the most typical questions that our party wall surveyors here at Stokemont are asked on a daily basis. Party wall surveying...