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 and 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)
Owen Powell 01273 696655 www.Owen-Powell.com (Southern England)
James Carter-Brown 01235 639743 www.KnightFrank.co.uk (West of London)
James Snell 020 7183 2374 www.jsrepartners.com (London)
Christian Howe 020 3102 7701 www.howecharteredsurveyors.co.uk (London)
Cate Statham 01242 522061 www.arnoldbartosch.co.uk (Cotswolds)
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)
Robert Folkes 01728 723959 www.hollins.co.uk (East Anglia)
Peter Owen 01473 659956 www.JamesAldridge.co.uk (Suffolk)
Jamie Cook 020 7499 9790 www.bowenpartnership.co.uk (London)