Building Surveying

Whether you are a landlord, tenant or owner-occupier, BSPM can assist throughout the property cycle, from acquisition surveys and schedules of condition, assessing dilapidations liabilities and managing claims, insurance valuations, party walls, defect analysis and managing repairs.

Building Surveys

Whether purchasing a property to occupy or as an investment or taking a on a lease, it is essential to fully understand its condition and the cost of repair, together with its suitability for the intended purpose and potential cost...

Dilapidations

Whether from a Landlord or a Tenant’s perspective, Dilapidations may be regarded as either maintaining the value of an investment or minimising what can be a hidden yet substantial cost of occupation. In either case early representation by a specialist...

Schedules of Condition

Where schedules are prepared to limit tenant’s obligations it is essential to have a good understanding of the Landlord & Tenant matters generally and the specific intentions of the parties in each case. Consideration should be given to the following: ...

Building Defects

Defects in buildings can be more that an inconvenience to the occupier and can affect the efficient operation of a company. Occupiers often live with defects over many years that can be resolved by investigation and effective remedial works. Some...

Repairs & Maintenance

Occupiers, trying to minimise expenditure in order to maximise investment in core business activities and, ultimately, profit, often see building maintenance as a low priority. However, neglect of maintenance has a cumulative effect, leading to unbudgeted expenditure being required either...

Insurance

No-one is ever fully prepared for a disaster – whether fire, flood, subsidence or structural damage – and it is therefore essential to have confidence that adequate cover is in place and that reinstatement and repair works will be managed...

Party Walls

Whilst it may be obvious that 'party walls' must have existed for a very long time, legislation regulating such structures has its roots in London in 1667, just after the Great Fire. More recently, the London Building Acts of the...