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Building surveying by sector

Different clients need different outputs. Our surveying, contract administration and technical advice is structured around the way housing providers, councils, schools, private owners and professional advisers actually procure and manage building work.

01 · Sector

Housing associations

Stock condition data you can plan with, damp and disrepair investigated quickly, and repair programmes delivered on site — for registered providers who look after homes at scale.

Proof pointOver 2,600 stock condition surveys completed for L&Q in 2025, recording asset data, repair needs and HHSRS hazards.
Clients includeL&Q · Metra Living · Local Space · Hastoe · One Housing Group

Discuss a survey programme

Victorian terrace in London surveyed for L&Q

02 · Sector

Local authorities

Condition surveys, defect investigation and project delivery for councils, ALMOs and council-owned housing companies — with the procurement paperwork and reporting that public bodies need.

Proof pointMore than two decades of council work, from Westminster conservation-area terraces to Thurrock’s school expansion programme. Constructionline, CHAS, ISO 9001 and 14001.
Clients includeWestminster City Council · Thurrock Council · Essex Housing · Sutton Housing Partnership · Colchester Borough Homes

Talk to us about your estate

West Street, Westminster

03 · Sector

Schools and academy trusts

From the feasibility study and funding bid to the new teaching block opening in September — improvement and expansion projects across the education sector, many funded by bids we prepared.

Proof pointNew teaching blocks, sports halls, kitchens and nursery extensions delivered on live school sites, planned around term dates and exams.
Clients includeThurrock Council (schools) · St Cleres School · East Tilbury Primary · Corringham Primary · Kingsdown School

Discuss work in a live school

St Cleres School, Stanford-le-Hope — new teaching block

04 · Sector

Private clients

Party wall notices and awards, planning and building regulations drawings, defect and damp investigations and licences to alter — for homeowners, leaseholders, landlords and small developers.

Proof pointYou speak to a surveyor, not a call centre. Fees come from our published Schedule of Fees and are confirmed in writing before we start.
Clients includeHomeowners · Leaseholders and freeholders · Private landlords · Small developers and self-builders · Managing agents

Tell us about your property

Rectory Gardens

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A short description of the property and the problem is enough. A chartered surveyor will reply with the right route and a written fee.