As an RICS regulated firm, our Surveyors, Valuers and team have a wealth of experience and are able to offer a variety of different services for property purchasers, homeowners, private and commercial clients. These include:

·        RICS Level 2 Home Surveys for residential properties (previously known as a HomeBuyers Survey)

·        RICS Level 3 Home Surveys for residential properties (previously known as a Building Survey)

·        Building Survey (on commercial properties)

·        Mundic Tests

·        Expert Witness reports (court-compliant reports)

·        General/bespoke services including defects inspections and reports – this can include bespoke services and reports to assist with defects a homeowner etc. may be experiencing such as dampness etc.

·        Schedule of Dilapidations

·        Schedule of Condition

·        Residential Valuations

o   Help to Buy – If you have purchased your property with the benefit of a Help to Buy equity loan, you may require a valuation if you are looking to settle the loan, including if you are selling the property etc.

o   Shared Ownership – If you own part of a shared ownership property and are looking to sell the property or increase your shares, you may require a Shared Ownership valuation.

o   Property purchases (although not for lending or raising finance) – You may require a valuation as part of your property purchase, perhaps you are buying a property and would like an independent valuation to confirm the valuer’s opinion of the market value of the property.

o   Matrimonial Valuation – This may be required for divorce or separation proceedings but it is also important to check whether an Expert Witness report is required for court proceedings, which would typically be ordered via courts or agreed through solicitors to be provided.  

o   Capital Gains Tax Valuation – This may be required if you are disposing of a second home and are deemed to have made a ‘gain’, hence is usually required for taxation purposes.

o   Probate Valuation – This may be required in respect of valuing the late owner’s estate including any property that they own.

o   Inheritance Tax Valuation – This type of valuation may be required if a property is being inherited.

o   Charities Act Valuations  – This is typically required if a Charity is acquiring or disposing of a property.

·        Party Wall Awards

·        Boundary matters

·        Steel Frame Inspections (Borescope)

·        We also have a projects department that may be able to assist with:

o   Measured surveys/existing drawings for properties/buildings

o   Proposed drawings

o   Planning/Listed Building and Building Regulations applications

o   Specification and tendering

o   Contract Administration

What areas do we cover? As a Cornish firm, we aim to extend our services to cover the majority of Cornwall, this is typically with the exception of mundic testing where we are unable to cover certain areas and the area we cover is more limited. Some of the areas we cover includes:

Truro, St. Agnes, Trispen, Tresillian, Ladock, Malpas, Restronguet, Feock, Chacewater, Falmouth, Penryn, Mylor, Flushing, Redruth, Pool, Camborne, Penzance, Marazion, Newlyn, Mousehole, Sennen, Hayle, Lelant, Carbis Bay, St. Ives, St Just, Perranporth, Portreath, Porthtowan, St Mawes, Veryan, Portscatho, Helston, The Lizard, St. Austell, Bodmin, Par, Mevagissey, Carlyon Bay, St. Blazey, Fowey, Liskeard, Padstow, Polzeath, Rock, Wadebridge, Newquay, Cubert, Crantock, Launceston, Tintagel, Boscastle, Torpoint, Bude, Helford Passage, Mawnan Smith and more!