Find the expensive problems before they become your problems

The right type of building survey helps you know what you’re dealing with at any particular stage of property ownership or occupation

When you're acquiring property or managing lease obligations, you need to know what you're dealing with. Not just code compliance – the structural issues, hidden maintenance liabilities, and dilapidations exposures that actually affect your deal value or your budget.

We deliver surveys that help you make decisions. Clear findings, specific cost implications, and actionable recommendations – not 90 pages of jargon.

Most of our work comes from institutional investors, private equity firms, and corporate real estate teams who need surveyors they can rely on when the stakes are high.

Services

Services we provide

  • Technical due diligence building surveys

  • Dilapidations management services

  • Heritage advice and surveys

  • Condition surveys and planned maintenance programmes (structure, fabric, MEP)

  • Schedules of condition

  • Drone surveys (photos, videos)

  • Building defects investigations

  • Lease advisory (understanding repairing obligations)

    Need something else?

    We're happy to discuss instructions outside our standard services. Contact us to outline what you need.

Here’s how some of our particular specialisms can help you

Technical Due Diligence

What we survey: Commercial property acquisitions across the UK – offices, hotels, industrial facilities, logistics assets, student accommodation, heritage buildings, and mixed-use properties from £200K to £500M+

What you get:

  • Structure & fabric condition assessment

  • Building services evaluation

  • Compliance gap analysis

  • Deferred maintenance quantification

  • Risk ratings and cost implications for each issue

  • Reports written for investment committees, not just technical specialists

When you need us:

  • Single asset acquisitions

  • Multi-property portfolio transactions

  • Refinancing due diligence

  • Vendor due diligence (sell-side)

  • Peer reviews of vendor due diligence

Portfolio coordination:
For large or international portfolios, we coordinate technical, environmental, and ESG due diligence across your consultant network – managing timelines, consolidating findings, and delivering one coherent report.

Standard turnaround: 10-14 days (single asset)
Expedited service available for time-critical completions

Dilapidations

What we do: Whether you're a landlord protecting asset value or a tenant managing lease-end liability or break options, we quantify dilapidations obligations, provide strategic advice and help you negotiate fair outcomes.

For tenants:

  • Pre-lease assessments (understand what you're taking on)

  • Mid-lease advice (plan your exit strategy)

  • Schedules of condition (limit your liability from day one)

  • Dilapidations assessments for tax reporting purposes

  • Claims defence and negotiation

For landlords:

  • Lease-end assessments

  • Schedule of dilapidations preparation

  • Claims negotiation and recovery

  • Reinstatement project oversight

For investors/M&A transactions:

  • Dilapidations assessments as part of technical due diligence

Track record:
We've negotiated dilapidations settlements saving tenant clients 47% to 87% on initial landlord claims, and recovered 85%+ of costs for landlords.

Heritage / Traditional Buildings

What we provide: Specialist advice for listed buildings, conservation areas, and traditional construction, including pre-lease surveys, defects investigations and conservation condition assessments.

Survey types:

  • Quinquennial surveys – maintenance planning for churches, historic estates, and listed buildings

  • Conservation and condition assessments - surveys of maintenance need to inform grant applications

  • Heritage impact assessments – evaluating proposed alterations or change of use

  • Energy retrofit advice – improving performance while respecting heritage fabric

  • Conservation guidance – review of repair specifications for best practice

Experience includes:

  • A-listed castles, mansion houses, and churches

  • A- and B-listed commercial and residential buildings

  • Scheduled Ancient Monuments

  • Traditional Scottish construction (harl, lime mortars, stone masonry, slate, lead)

  • Portfolio maintenance management

  • Flood reinstatement repairs

RICS accreditation: Our Managing Director, Gillian Murray, is a RICS Certified Historic Buildings Professional and formerly worked for The Landmark Trust and The National Trust for Scotland, with surveying responsibility for several hundred heritage assets.