Surveyors for London, Essex, Kent and Norfolk

Lookcloser.Knowwhereyoustand.

Defect surveys, party wall work, drone roof inspections and fire door checks, from a surveyor with over 20 years in the trade.

  • 20+ years in surveying
  • On the ground and in the air
  • Reports with marked up photos
  • Straight, independent advice
Party walls in a terrace
Party walls in a terrace
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Party walls in a terrace

Each line on the photo is a party wall. Cutting into one, raising it or taking out a shared chimney breast needs two months' notice under the Act.

  1. 1Shared stack: notice before any work
  2. 2Roof line runs across both houses
What we find

Example mark-ups on stock photos, to show what a report looks like.

From the air

The roof, up close.

No ladders, no scaffold, no guesswork from the pavement. This is what a drone inspection sees.

Clay tile rooftops with rooflights and a brick chimney under a blue sky, seen from a drone
REC 00:00
ALT 18.4 m
ZOOM 1.0x
Example flight

OVERVIEW

Five things worth a closer look

Clay tile roofs, rooflights and a tall brick stack, most of it hidden from the street.

About drone surveys
Find your survey

Not sure what you need?

Two choices and we will point you at the right survey. Send it over and Sean will ring you to talk it through.

What is going on?
What kind of property?
  1. Send it overTakes a minute, no account needed.
  2. Sean rings youTo hear what is going on.
  3. Site visitOn the ground and, if needed, in the air.
  4. Your reportPlain findings, photos and next steps.
Our suggestionA starting point
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Survey
Defect surveyHouse, a crack has appeared
What happens
The crack is measured and mapped, and the walls, drains and ground around it checked.
You get
The likely cause, whether it is moving, and the repair we would recommend.
Good to know
Diagonal cracks from the corners of windows and doors, wider at one end, are the ones to have looked at first.
More on this surveyWe confirm the right survey on the phone
How a survey runs

First call to final report.

The surveyor who visits is the one who writes your report and answers your questions afterwards.

  1. Your call

    Your call

    What you have noticed, and where.

  2. On site

    On site

    Measured, tested, photographed.

  3. In the air

    In the air

    Roofs and stacks, close up.

  4. The report

    The report

    Findings marked on the photos.

  5. After

    After

    Questions answered, next steps.

A drone controller held ready for a roof inspection
Who you are hiring

A surveyor, not a call centre.

  • Over 20 years

    Two decades of looking at walls, roofs and the space between neighbours.

  • Ground and air

    Close inspection on the ground and a drone overhead, so nothing is guessed at.

  • Plain English

    Reports you can read, and a surveyor who picks up the phone after.

About Sean
Where we work

Four counties, one surveyor.

London, Essex, Kent and Norfolk, from city terraces to farmhouses on the Broads.

Check we cover you

London

All boroughs, terraces to mansion blocks

City and Central, East London, North London, South London

Essex

Towns, villages and the coast

Chelmsford, Colchester, Southend, Brentwood, Basildon, Saffron Walden

Kent

From the Medway towns to the coast

Maidstone, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Dartford, Sevenoaks, Ashford

Norfolk

Norwich, the Broads and beyond

Norwich, King's Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Thetford, Cromer, Dereham

Just outside these areas? Ask anyway.

Book a survey

Tell us what you have noticed.

A few lines and a photo or two is plenty. Sean will come back to you to talk it through.

  • Phone and email

    Details to follow. Use the form for now.
  • Covering

    London, Essex, Kent and Norfolk

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