Chartered Surveyor

 

Residential Surveys and Valuations

We provide Residential surveys in and around York,

Harrogate, Selby, Goole, Driffield, Market Weighton,

Scarborough, Bridlington, Ripon, Thirsk, Easingwold,

Pickering, Malton, Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside and more.

There are three main types of survey and valuation. We

can carry out any of these:

 

 

Residential Valuations

RICS Home buyer Reports. From 1April 2010, the RICS required Chartered Surveyors to

undertake a new Home Buyers Report format. David Rawlins has undertaken the necessary

additional training to produce such reports.

Building Survey. David Rawlins specialises in Listed and other Period Houses, but also

undertakes inspections of more modern buildings. Such report is a holistic study of the home

and offers advice as to the most appropriate methods of repair considering the age of the

building and the materials with which it was built.

We specialise in Building Conservation and therefore also undertake

Single Defect Reports, such as on Damp. Please see examples of Building Defects where

advice has been provided. Click here

The diagnosis of defects and the repair of old buildings is a different skill from that of modern

buildings. David Rawlins has undertaken additional; training (The RICS Diploma in Building Conservation) to enable the correct advice. It is important to adopt an approach which works

with the structure of the buildings and recognizes the advantages of traditional forms of

building. For example, the installation of a damp proof course is very often not necessary,

and soft mortar pointing which gives the building its character may very well not need

renewing. Its softness and flexibility is often its strength.

Advice is given with regard to the CAUSE of problems found before advising how to deal

with the SYPMPTOMS.