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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.

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Two-storey side extension at Rectory Gardens, London, forming two flats

Our experience

Working with homeowners and landlords

Most private clients come to us for one of three things: a party wall matter, drawings for an extension or new home, or a building problem that needs a proper diagnosis before anyone spends money on it. We act on party wall matters for building owners and adjoining owners every week, and our drawings have taken extensions, loft conversions and new-build homes through planning and Building Regulations across Essex and London.

You will speak to a surveyor, not a call centre. Fees come from our published Schedule of Fees and are confirmed in writing before we start, and the report, award or drawings you receive are written for the person who has to act on them.

Clients include

  • Homeowners
  • Leaseholders and freeholders
  • Private landlords
  • Small developers and self-builders
  • Managing agents

Case studies

Recent work for private clients

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Rectory Gardens — Two-storey side extension forming two flats
Private clientLondon

Rectory Gardens

Two-storey side extension forming two flats

Contract value £375k

 Arbour Lane — Timber-frame new-build dwelling
Private clientChelmsford

Arbour Lane

Timber-frame new-build dwelling

Contract value £240k

 Coniston Close — New family dwelling
Private clientBraintree

Coniston Close

New family dwelling

Architectural services · Planning

What we do

Services for private clients

All services

Party wall surveying

Notices, schedules of condition and awards, for the owner doing the work or the neighbour.

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Planning & building regulations

Measured surveys and drawings for extensions, lofts, conversions and new homes.

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Defect investigation

Cracking, damp, leaks and movement diagnosed, with a repair that deals with the cause.

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Damp & mould

Condensation, penetrating and rising damp told apart, and fixed.

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Licence to alter

Landlord’s consent assessed and inspected for leaseholder alterations.

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Contract administration

Tender and manage your builder, so the work is done to the drawings and the price.

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How it runs

From first call to completion

  1. Step 01

    Call or write

    Send the address and a few lines. A surveyor replies within one working day.

  2. Step 02

    Fixed fee

    We confirm what we will do and the fee in writing before anyone visits.

  3. Step 03

    Inspect

    A chartered surveyor visits, records and measures, and explains what they find.

  4. Step 04

    Report or award

    A document written for the person who has to act on it, with next steps.

Working with you

What you can expect

  • You speak to a surveyor, not a call centre
  • Fees from the published Schedule of Fees, confirmed in writing before we start
  • Regulated by RICS, with £10m professional indemnity cover
  • Party wall work led by members of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors

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