Property surveys

Wessex Surveyors is a firm of Independent Chartered Surveyors who can provide a wide range of property survey and valuation reports on properties throughout the Wessex Region. Our services include Homebuyer Surveys, Building Surveys, Major Defect Reports and bespoke reports that provide the information that you require, in a form that is best suited to your purposes.

Which survey is best for you?	Market Valuation	Homebuyer Survey	Building Survey	Major Defects
Written report detailing our findings?	YES	YES	YES	YES
Concise report format?	YES	YES	YES	YES
Written Terms & Conditions before we carry out our inspection?	YES	YES	YES	YES
Deal with your particular areas of concern?	YES	YES	YES	YES
Personal contact with surveyor after survey?	YES	YES	YES	YES
Photographs taken of property?	YES	YES	YES	YES
General condition report?	YES	YES	YES	YES
Report direct to your solicitor if asked?	YES	YES	YES	YES
Detailed inspection of the property?		YES	YES	YES
Comments on construction?		YES	YES	YES
Detailed analysis of problems?			YES	YES
Recommendation of actions required?			YES	YES
Property valuation	YES	YES

Market Valuation

Suitable for modern or new property where the value needs to be checked but the condition is unlikely to be a problem. Where an internal inspection is carried out the surveyor will identify obvious defects that might have an effect on value. These surveys are relied upon by banks, building societies and institutional lenders for secured lending purposes.

Homebuyers Report

The Homebuyer Report and Valuation is considered suitable for many dwellings built after 1920. However, this format is not usually recommended for large properties, houses of unusual design or construction, nor those which have been converted, extended or altered significantly. Listed Buildings are not suited to such reports. The reports follow a format designed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), which has been found acceptable to the market in general. Matters covered include general condition; significant or urgent matters; market and insurance valuations, and; points for your legal adviser.

Building Surveys

Recommended for older properties; listed buildings; unusual design or construction systems; conversions; significantly extended or altered properties. This extensive report (formerly called Structural Survey), is based on a detailed inspection in as much depth as possible without damaging the building or vendor’s property, or involving any destructive examination. The report details construction and provides technical advice on problems with recommendations on remedial works. This type of report can be tailored to meet your requirements in the form of a Major defects Report, which will concentrate on areas of concern that you may have with the property.

Asbestos, Environmental and Energy Surveys

We can arrange for surveys to be carried out according to your requirements. Let us know your requirements.