Description
Providing professional advice on all building surveying matters in Cambridge and surrounding areas.
Manor Surveyors are an independent, building surveying practice based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire with the capability and experience to cover all of London, Essex, Suffolk and the surrounding areas.
Our clients range from individual domestic property owners to commercial plc’s and local authorities. Our reports are prepared by Chartered Building Surveyors with extensive experience in the surveying business.
We provide a high-quality service with reports written in plain English, providing common-sense advice. We will ensure that you, as our client, have a full and thorough understanding of the technical issues highlighted.
Building Surveys
A mortgage valuation is NOT a survey and they should not be relied on to confirm the property is in good order. A valuation is an inspection carried out on behalf of your mortgage lender to determine the amount and terms of a mortgage offer. Your mortgage lender will probably ask you to pay for the valuation, and may not send you a copy of the report. The report is not detailed and the liability to you is not so clear.
A survey provides an expert account of the property’s condition and highlights any problems in clear and easy-to-understand language.
There are three main types of survey:
- Full Building Survey
- Homebuyers Survey
- Defect Diagnosis
Building Design and Specification
We have a design team with particular expertise in refurbishment and extension work to existing buildings. We are able to produce schemes to extend or expand your existing property, or in any way refurbish, convert or improve your property.
We provide simple or complex solutions to your project brief, tailored to your requirements with in-house drawings and specifications provided.
We are able to provide a full design service, including production of working drawings, submission for all consents and obtaining competitive tenders.
Products:
- Drawings
- Planning Application
- Building Regulation Applications
- Contract Administration
Contract Administration
We can carry out a building survey to make sure that drawings accurately represent the existing structure, and check the specification of any works prior to commencement.
During building works we will check the quality of workmanship, and advise you on what stage payments are appropriate; we are also be able to advise on important decisions concerning key items during the construction process, saving you costs and helping to get the project finished on time.
Products:
- Contract preparation
- Periodic inspection
- Contract valuation for interim payments
- Management of contract variations
- Hand over
- Preparation of final account
- Management of contract claims
Party Wall Matters
Manor Surveyors specialise in Party Wall awards. Many residential projects, such as loft conversions and even quite small extensions, can require the service of Party Wall notices on one or more Adjoining Owners.
As experienced Party Wall Surveyors, we will, of course, be taking account of the Party Wall legislation at the initial design stage, with a view to minimising delays, building costs and disruption to neighbours.
The Act is short but complex, and covers issues relating to works to party walls, certain types of excavation, building on boundary lines and other circumstances.
Dilapidations
Dilapidations are a critical issue for both landlords and tenants of commercial property, and they are an area of growing dispute. Manor Surveyors have wide experience in dilapidations and the necessary expertise in achieving positive outcomes for both tenants and landlords across a broad range of property types and client base.
We have detailed knowledge of the laws governing dilapidations, and we specialise in dilapidations claims for both tenants and landlords. We provide professional and accurate advice with the aim of concluding negotiations promptly.
Our comprehensive range of services includes:
- Lease/covenant assessments
- Dilapidations Liability Assessments
- Schedules of condition
- A Dilapidations Liability Assessment (DLA)
- Interim Schedules of Dilapidations/Repairs Notices
- Terminal Schedules of Dilapidations
- Pre-aquisition surveys
- Schedules of Condition
- Schedules of planned maintenance
