by Zen | Feb 11, 2026 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, Home insulation, House Prices, Repairs and maintenance, Selling your home, Valuations
House With No Bills Guy Martin did a great job this week raising awareness of retro-fitting insulation in a 1930s semi. Well worth watching. The only real downside was that the works were largely architect-designed to Passivhaus premium standards. Which...
by Ian | Jan 14, 2026 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, Home insulation, House Prices, Repairs and maintenance, Selling your home, Valuations
‘Property Horrors’ at the Savoy Theatre Rightsurvey founder and author Ian Rock FRICS will be appearing at Monmouth Savoy Theatre Tuesday 20th January 2.30pm presenting his acclaimed ‘Property Horrors’ show! So if you’re anywhere near the...
by Zen | Dec 22, 2025 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, Home insulation, House Prices, Repairs and maintenance, Selling your home, Valuations
Making More Money From Property Continued – See previous blog for Tips 1 to 5 6. Design It Right House buyers are often influenced by first impressions of things like décor and cleanliness. So it pays to focus on improvements that add value in...
by Zen | Nov 6, 2025 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Home Buyer Surveys, Home Condition Reports, Home insulation, House Prices, Repairs and maintenance, Selling your home, Valuations
Making Money From Property by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS Earning mountains of cash from trading or renovating property can appear deceptively easy on primetime TV shows. But ‘property soaps’ have a tendency to distort the truth. Condensing a major...
by Ian | Jul 3, 2025 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, Selling your home, Valuations
House prices in 2025 – which areas are predicted to fall or rise the most? Nationwide Building Society’s monthly report on house prices recorded their biggest monthly fall in June 2025 since January 2023. For July Rightmove announced: ”...
by Ian | Jul 26, 2023 | Building Surveys, Energy efficiency, Home Condition Reports, House Prices, Repairs and maintenance, Selling your home, Valuations
Get A Professional Home Survey Assessment Property Tips by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS – from the Haynes House Manual series How to get the best price for your property In the current slow housing market, buyers hold most of the cards. So what...
