The Dangers of Spray Foam Roof Insulation

The Dangers of Spray Foam Roof Insulation

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment   Why Spray Foam Roof Insulation Can Make Your Home Unmortgageable   Rightsurvey Chartered Surveyors and the RICS have been warning about the risks of spray foam insulation for many years, but the product is still...
Can you make a claim against the seller if the house you buy turns out to have serious defects?

Can you make a claim against the seller if the house you buy turns out to have serious defects?

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment     The Strange Case of the Buyers Who Claimed £36m Compensation for Moth Infestation   In a recent legal case a couple who in 2019 paid £32.5 million for a seven bedroom Victorian house in London’s Notting...
How To Make Sense of Your Survey

How To Make Sense of Your Survey

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment     Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS  –  from the Haynes House Manual series     Decyphering Survey Reports  –  Understanding ‘Surveyor-Speak’   Survey reports rarely...
Why it’s important to check your property’s EPC rating  – Energy Performance Certificate

Why it’s important to check your property’s EPC rating – Energy Performance Certificate

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment     Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS  –  from the Haynes House Manual series     Have you checked your home’s EPC rating?   Anyone planning to sell or let a property must by law get it...
What happens if your property is ‘downvalued’ by the mortgage lender?

What happens if your property is ‘downvalued’ by the mortgage lender?

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS  –  from the Haynes House Manual series      What can you do if your mortgage valuation comes in lower than the agreed sale price?   Surveyors carrying out mortgage...

How much is your property really worth?

Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment   Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS  –  from the Haynes House Manual series     What is it actually worth?         Before you put it on the market….   Before getting too serious...