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Henry Scott, head of building surveying for Bradley Hall
Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents, talks to Portfolio
Magazine about what he and his team have to offer.
As building surveyors, we often
describe ourselves as the medical
professionals for buildings – oering
consultancy services that eectively
protect and improve the health of
buildings while ultimately extending their
serviceable lifespan.
Building surveyors oer advice on a
wide aspect of elds within design and
construction, including condition,
maintenance, repair, refurbishment and
restoration of proposed and existing
buildings. We are regularly undertaking
pre-acquisition surveys as well as targeted
defect diagnosis reports for oce,
industrial, commercial or residential
buildings.
A building survey or ‘full structural
survey’, is a comprehensive inspection of
all areas of a property. It is the most
extensive of the surveys available and
provides a detailed assessment report of
the property’s condition which can be
used to make key strategic decisions on
capital expenditure. The
recommendations within the report can
range from further testing for suspected
contaminated materials to structural
repair works or specic refurbishment
proposals.
When acquiring a freehold or leasehold
interest in any property, it is essential to
identify and consider the risks relating to
any underlying issues the property may
have. By identifying the risks, strategic
decisions can be made which ensure
planned operations and expenditure are
met going forward.
We produce building survey reports
detailing our inspection of the property
stating its construction type, overall
condition, state of repair and any property
related environmental and legal issues
which require clarication.
Our reports can be tailored to suit our
clients’ specic requirements for the
acquisition. Our reports include technical
advice on any issues identied during our
inspection. This would be supported by
our recommendations for necessary
remedial work. Our reports can also be
used to assist our clients’ pre-acquisition
negotiations.
The report will also be appended with
a selection of photographs displaying any
identied key issues to assist with
understanding and interpretation. As they
say ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’’.
As well as building survey reports we
undertake Insurance Reinstatement Cost
Assessments, which our clients use to
provide their insurance brokers with
accurate gures for the cover they require.
These assessments establish the costs
related to reinstating a building in the
event of total destruction. By calculating
an accurate reinstatement cost the broker
can ensure the property is neither under
or over insured.
Our other services include; Contract
Administration, Project Management,
Dilapidations (Landlord and Tenant),
Measured Surveys, Construction (Design
and Management) Regulations 2015
Consultancy, Party Wall, Planned
Preventative Maintenance, Project
Monitoring and last but by no means least
Schedule of Condition.
For more information on Bradley Hall’s building surveying oerings, please call 0191 232 8080
MEET THE BRADLEY HALL
BUILDING SURVEYING TEAM
Henry Scott
Head of Building Surveying
0191 232 8080
Ricki Hutchinson
Building Surveyor
0191 232 800
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