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The RICS have produced the following guide aimed at young persons who are considering options for a future career. https://youtu.be/sVeglwi0QCI
The RICS have produced the following guide aimed at young persons who are considering options for a future career. https://youtu.be/sVeglwi0QCI
The RICS have produced the following video which highlights the importance of getting a Home Survey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTlJV8z2aM0 The Types of Survey: Survey level one: RICS Condition Report Shows the condition of the property, offers guidance to legal advisors and highlights any urgent defects. Typically the lowest priced of the surveys, it is…
Anyone with problems of dampness and who has researched on the internet may discover posts highly critical of the use of damp-meters which are a standard piece of Surveyors equipment used also by the many damp-proofing ‘Specialists’. Those who have had a Survey carried out in their own house or flat may have noticed the Surveyor…
A belated Happy New Year to all clients, past present and future. 2015 was our busiest year to date and we carried out a record number of Surveys and Valuations. Emma has provided first class support and excellent customer service and Rebecca has been kept busy with typing Building Surveys and HomeBuyer Reports. The property…
Condensation It is again the season for condensation. All our Surveys provide advice on how to avoid condensation and some general advice is repeated below. Condensation often appears in the corners of rooms, behind furniture, to the lower walls of bay windows and in loft spaces, beneath the under-felt. A modern vapour permeable underlay is…
Due to the history of stone mine workings in Combe Down, we would recommend that purchasers obtain a detailed environmental report before buying property in this area. This will help provide further information as to the presence or otherwise of ventilation shafts to old mine workings. However, we would advise that it is likely that…
The lack of recent posts on our website reflects the fact that we have been busy, really busy. It is a sellers market in Bath and Bristol and many of the Surveys we carry out are on properties which have received multiple offers and have sold within days. Clearly prices have risen strongly in the…
We hope you like the new Edwin Lake website. Many thanks to Chris Jones of Big Bambi in Bristol for designing such a clean modern site which we hope is one of the best out there. We are planning to introduce an on-line payment service shortly to enable payment for Surveys to be made by…
We were recently asked why our fee for a Building Survey was so much cheaper than that quoted by a mortgage lender. By way of an example take a recent client who recently paid their mortage lender close to £1000 for a HomeBuyer Report on an albeit large property in Bristol. After VAT, administration charges…
Edwin Lake Ltd have now started providing the new RICS Condition Report. This is a concise report suitable for modern houses or flats. Like the RICS HomeBuyer Report all the main elements are covered each being given a condition rating of 1, 2 or 3. The report includes a brief description of each element and…
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