I always recommend to clients that they commission a full building survey of the property they are thinking of buying, it helps to ensure they sleep well having bought it! Some surveyors can be dull and struggle at a human level. What most people want is someone who can confirm what the state of a property is, report in layman’s terms but who will flag up anything that really matters.
I’ve worked with lots over the years. These are the firms and individuals I use regularly and am happy to recommend.
Mike Portis 020 7727 0619 www.ScottDavidson.co.uk (Central London)
Claire Butt 0345 050 0022 www.now-Survey.com (Southern England)
Deirdre McManus 020 3411 6393 www.Al-Surveyors.com (London)
Simon Ayles 01442 864713 www.argroup.co.uk (Southern England)
Claire Jackson 020 8502 6323 www.thehoppspartnership.co.uk (London)
James Carter-Brown 01235 639743 www.KnightFrank.co.uk (West of London)
Laurence Weill 020 8402 6666 www.robsonssurveyors.com (London)
Steven Stone 020 7100 7087 www.surveyorsinlondon.co.uk (London)
Will Pewter 01787 460964 www.Pewter-partnership.co.uk (East Anglia)
Owen Powell 01273 696655 www.Owen-Powell.com (Southern England)
Robert Folkes 01728 723959 www.hollins.co.uk (East Anglia)
Peter Owen 01473 659956 www.JamesAldridge.co.uk (Suffolk)
Christian Howe 020 3102 7701 www.howecharteredsurveyors.co.uk (London)
Jamie Cook 020 7499 9790 www.bowenpartnership.co.uk (London)