DAMP AND TIMBER SURVEY
We cover all of England and Wales for damp and timber surveys
Damp and timber surveys carried out by a specialist damp surveyors. All surveys comes with a full damp and timber report. Damp and timber surveys for buyers, homeowners, commercial clients and mortgages.
Manchester, Birmingham, London, Chester, Liverpool, Warrington, Macclesfield, Wallasey, Buckley, Neston, Heswall, Preston, Telford, Oldham, Derby, Huddersfield, Leek, Bradford, Runcorn, Blackburn, Stoke on Trent, Oswestry, Wolverhampton, St Helens, Leeds, Anglesey, Wirral, Birkenhead, Burnley, Doncaster, Loughborough, Bolton, Sheffield, Coventry, Wrexham, Nottingham, Shrewsbury, Mold, Stockport, Llangollen, Bangor, Llandudno, Ruthin, Denbigh, Most of Wales, and many more!
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Pre purchase damp and timber survey. Are you buying a property, trying to get equity release or re-mortgaging your home? So you and the mortgage company have now agreed on a price for the property. The mortgage lender wants to send out their specialist independent surveyor to conduct a valuation survey. Once you’ve received their valuation report, you’ll then find out that you need a specialist damp and timber survey carried out. They normally state that they picked up “rising damp” to the ground floor walls.
- Pre purchase damp and timber survey
- Damp survey
- Timber survey
- Damp report
- Timber report
The small report that you will receive from their chartered surveyor will be very brief and straightforward. It will not say what the damp problem is or how to rectify it. The bank surveyor will not know what type of woodworm he has picked up and if it needs treatment. All it will read is, that damp readings were picked up to the ground floor walls, please instruct a specialist damp and timber treatment contractor to inspect for dampness and check the condition of all timbers in contact with damp walls.
Our specialist report that you’ll receive from our company will be more detailed with all our surveyors findings and recommendations. This will be accepted by your bank, mortgage lender or building society for the condition of your offer.
Beware of cheap damp and timber surveys!
There are many damp proof treatment contractors out there that offer cheap damp and timber surveys for around £90 -£120. This price seems amazing as you’ve been quoted triple that for the same service right? But I can guarantee you that it isn’t the same service. All cheap and free damp and timber surveys are carried out by damp proofing contractors looking for damp proof work. Our main goal is to diagnose any damp issue in a property correctly and find the root cause for the homeowner.
Examples:
- – You’ve had a damp survey carried out for £120 or even had a free damp survey. They provide you with a report stating that thousands of pounds of work are needed on the property. This includes a new cream damp-proof course. Your mortgage lender will not give you a mortgage or may even put a retention on the property.
- – You instruct a specialist like us to carry out the survey. We provide a more detailed report that states minor issues (usually) in the property. Most recommendations that we suggest can be carried out by a general builder or even the clients themselves. It is highly unlikely that you will need a damp proof course as that is a massive money-making scheme and doesn’t work.
How much is a damp and timber survey? – A damp and timber survey costs between £190 & £490. The survey can sometimes be more depending on requirements, size and location.
Free damp and timber survey near me – This is something many clients will google to find a cheap damp proofing company to carry out a free survey. Please, do your research before instructing one of these contractors to carry out a free or cheap survey on your property. They will just recommend installing a new damp course to fix rising dampness when you don’t even have a rising damp problem.
Pre purchase damp and timber survey (homeowners or sellers)
During a specialist survey, our surveyor will inspect the whole property for any penetrating dampness, low-level ingress, salt dampness, rising dampness and condensation. We will start on the lower floor, looking for signs of all dampness, high external ground levels, defective guttering or any bridging of the damp-proof course. Once we have found the location of the damp course, we’ll then be able to diagnose any damp issues inside the property. We will also inspect the ventilation of the property to prevent condensation from occurring. If instructed, we will also carry out a visual inspection for dampness on the upper floors and test any chimney breasts for salt dampness.
If instructed to check the timbers as well, our surveyor will then inspect all the structural timbers in the property starting from the ground floor. If there is fitted floor covering in the property then, unfortunately, we cannot inspect that area. We will inspect all accessible areas from the subfloor void, upstairs flooring, roof void and the staircase.