Hedges Hedges can provide great natural boundaries for properties. They provide habitat for wildlife. They have no planning permission requirements. So these are good ways of screening when higher boundaries are required. But there are good neighbour and various case laws surrounding this and it is very complex. When forming a new boundary, hedges do […]
Do you know who is responsible for the boundaries? Boundaries are a question that we are asked on every survey. The short answer is we do not know which boundary is yours. The only way to tell is the deeds. These should tell you which boundary is yours. A T mark will point towards the […]
As part of our boundary series, we will look at the various sorts of fencing. Fencing is something often overlooked during the purchase process. If it has been overlooked then with the current timber prices this will be an expensive oversight. We tend to do a very complicated test on fencing. This simply involves leaning […]
As we are coming into winter and the storm season, we thought we would look at this construction. This tends to be where a smaller fences are attached to the top of a wall to give height and privacy. This is often done without any thought for wind loading or design. The posts/fence supports are […]
During our surveys we comment on the condition of boundary walls. This is normally overlooked by our clients during the average brief viewing time of less than 15 minutes. Rebuilding external boundary walls is very expensive. The only time a condition of a boundary wall is normally noted is when it fails. We often see […]
What is cavity wall insulation? We have done a lot on types of walls. If you have a cavity wall, the gap between the bricks or blocks can be filled with insulation. This is a very politicised issue. There are some instances where poor and inappropriate insulation has caused serious issues in buildings. This tends […]
Historic buildings often had open roof structures with no party walls in the loft spaces nor above the roof lines. If a fire did happen in a property on a terrace. It spread through properties very quickly. As a result, party walls in the loft space became more normal and the raised parapet became common […]
Wall Thickness Spurred on by the interest in thermal performance and the impact of wall thickness we put together this video. As a result we should go into this in more depth. This does not include stone walls. That will be saved for another day. So from a thermal and water penetration perspective of brickwork […]
A picture says 1000 words. As part of our desktop research, we always look at the agent’s pictures and floor plans before arrival. This gives us a good idea of what the property condition is like and what we need to look for. With returning clients who have sat through one of our feedbacks and […]
At the moment we are getting large volumes of instructions for Laing Easiform properties. Laing Easiform offer a cheaper price point to enter the market. Also, we have published blogs and videos on YouTube about them. We also have the reviews to show for it. “ He understands Laing Easiform properties really well and he […]