Rightsurvey Home Insulation Blog #1: Planning your campaign
Find Energy Assessors In this new series, Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS – Author of the Haynes Home insulation Manual – explains how to cut your energy bills by boosting your home’s thermal efficiency. PART ONE: What’s worth doing...
2022 Building Regulations changes – for new homes and extensions
New Building Regulations – Changes to Parts F and L, and new Parts O and S Important changes to Building Regulations ‘Approved Documents’ will take effect from 15 June 2022. These apply to new homes, extensions, as well as existing...
Pre-purchase checks you can do yourself: #4: How to check for high levels of ammonia and other pollution risks in the local area you’re buying in
How to check your pollution risk Getting an RICS Chartered Surveyor to carry out a survey before you buy is essential if you don’t want to risk getting lumbered with lots of nasty hidden problems. In addition, your conveyancing solicitor should...
Pre-purchase checks you can do yourself: #3: How to check for radioactive radon gas in the local area you’re buying in
How to check your radon risk Getting an RICS Chartered Surveyor to carry out a survey before you buy is essential if you don’t want to risk getting lumbered with lots of nasty hidden problems. But opinions vary about the risks posed by radon. ...
Pre-purchase checks you can do yourself: #2: How to check the flood risk for the property you’re buying
How to check your flood risk Getting an RICS Chartered Surveyor to carry out a survey before you buy is essential if you don’t want to risk getting lumbered with lots of nasty hidden problems. Surveyors should flag up any obvious flood risks that...Save money by cutting out the banks
By arranging your home survey directly online - rather than via a mortgage lender - you can save the large chunk of the survey fee that the banks normally keep. They may still want to instruct a valuer to carry out their mortgage valuation, but don’t let them try to sell you an expensive Homebuyer or Building Survey from one of the large, target-driven, corporate firms on their 'panel'.
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