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Building Surveys and Structural Investigations
About Steve Butler RICS Surveyors
Steve Butler is an independent Leicestershire surveyor with over thirty years experience of surveying in the Leicester and Leicestershire area. Our surveyors undertake surveys and valuations of residential property and houses in Leicester for all kinds of purposes. We are interested in pre-puchase Level 2 Homebuyers, Level 3 Building Surveys, Help to Buy Valuations and valuations for matrimonial, insolvency and taxation purposes. Our surveyors aim to try and provide a rapid respone but with a high level of service based on our expert knowledge of Leicester, impartial advice and to be seen as entirely trustworthy. Our expert surveyors offer professional advice for property buyers across the Leicester area and we highly recommend a detailed survey before agreeing on a price.
Leicester Chartered Surveyors Building Survey report photographs of a 1902 terrace
Our Leicester surveyors inspected this terrace house as part of a RICS Homebuyers Survey Report. The front and rear walls of this property had been badly damaged by water because of failure to undertake a few hundred pounds of gutter and down pipe repairs. Intruders had damaged the kitchen and bathroom and run off with the boiler as well as damaging central heating pipes. An extension containing the bathroom and kitchen was single skin construction and likely to be cold and prone to water penetration. An attic conversion had dangerous stairs and no fire protection and probably no insulation of the ceiling.
Steve Butler qualified as an RICS Chartered Surveyor in 1992 and has also passed the Government's Home Inspector Examinations and is a qualified commercial energy surveyor and associate member of the Chartered Institution of Legal Executives. Steve Butler Chartered Surveyors Leicester are regulated by the RICS and have to follow their rules of conduct. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is the leading property profession and requires high standards of integrity and responsibility of its members. Steve Butler Chartered Surveyors are entirely independent of any estate agents lenders or mortgage brokers and not not pay introductory fees ensuring our independence. Our valuations and survey reports are subject to audit by the RICS.
Leicester RICS Chartered Surveyors Property Survey Survey Report on a 1850 Detached Cottage
Our Leicester RICS Chartered Surveyors went to this house with a damp proofing contractors report in hand only to find that none of the works recommended were necessary. Our RICS surveyors found damage to the house from condensation, swollen joinery, windows that required early refurbishment, rotten conservatory roof joists, high ground levels and a drain that had recently been blocked.
Our house and residential property surveyors undertake Level 3 building and structural surveys and Level 2 Hombuyers Surveys on all types of houses and residential property in Leicester and Leicestershire. If you are you buying a property in Leicester then a pre-purchase Building or Homebuyers Survey may help avoid future expenses. We specialise in surveying and valuing residential property in Leicester for all kinds of purposes including Help to Buy, housing association shared ownership sales, matrimonial matters, probate and insolvency and bankruptcy.
An RICS Building Survey will tell you about the condition of the property including the state of the chimneys, roofs, rainwater goods, roof edges, walls, floors, ceilings, partitions, windows and doors. We can tell you whether there is any structural movement or settlement, wet rot, dry rot, woodworm or damp problems. We give you an overview of the services such as the electrical installations, boiler, central heating, hot and cold water.
RICS surveyors Homebuyers Report on a 1960s detached house near to Leicester
Leicester RICS Homebuyers Surveyors RICS Home Buyers Survey Report 1960 detached house. Problems included damaged and hard to obtain roof tiles, a flat roof holding water, collapsing retaining walls, poor channel arrangements in a drain chamber leading to blockages, a warm air system with potential maintenance and asbestos issues, and leaking balcony surfaces decaying the supporting decks
One of our more popular forms of survey, the Home Buyers Report is used to assess the condition of properties that are less than 150 years old and is always recommended for newer properties. A detailed Home Buyers Report by one of our qualified Chartered Surveyors is recommended for properties in this category as it provides crucial information about the condition of the property you are intending to purchase. With a Homebuyer Report, buyers can be made aware of any hidden defects, enabling more time to arrange for any necessary repairs. Equipped with a HomeBuyer Report’s findings it may be possible to renegotiate the purchase price or may even lead you to reconsider the purchase altogether. A Home Buyers Report assesses the overall condition of the property by looking at all visible and accessible areas. This inspection will normally take around two to three hours, although this is dependent on the type and size of the property. Following inspection, a report documenting the survey findings is put together and includes a Market Valuation of the property. Our surveyor will present the report and findings to the client and offer professional advice regarding any major or immediate defects which may need attention.
Leicester surveyors homebuyers report on a 1935 semi detached house
Our Leicester surveyors found frost damaged bricks blocked vents and poor insulation that was likely encourage condensation, substandard electrics, a dangerous glass door, potenially dmp quarry tile floors, old ceilings that were at risk of collapse, missing firebreak walls and missing roof linings.
Our expert surveyors offer professional RICS Valuations for Help to Buy, Matrimonial, Insolvency, Probate and Tax purposes across the Leicester area. We currently offer Help to Buy Valutions at a fixed fee of £300.00 including VAT.
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Leicester Surveyors RICS Building Survey on a 1903 Terrace House
RICS Building Survey Report on a typical turn of the 20th Century Leicester terrace house that has been retrospectively rendered and had a replacement concrete tile roof. The property had poor weather proofing of a chimney and a displaced gutter both of which are likely to allow water penetration. There were indications of on going problems with the drians and rats were present in both the drians and a roof void that had a low level of insualtion. There was high risk of carbon monoxide poisioning due to a poorly installed stove.
Survey of a 1930 detached property by Leicester RICS Surveyors
RICS Building Survey of a 1930 detached house in the Leicester area. Interesting points noted by our Chartered Surveyors where solid walls which where only 125mm in areas, a roof void insulated with expanding foam, various types of dampness and a right of way for a small animal.
Leicester RICS building surveyors report on a 1925 detached house. The chimneys were in poor condition, tiles were slipping, gutters were clogged and broken. The roof face had dished. Additional timbers had been added to strengthen the roof. The property had long standing movement at the head of an opening to a rear bay window. A timber floor had humped slightly.
