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Housing Disrepair and HHSRS Claims
About Steve Butler Nottingham RICS Surveyors
Steve Butler Chartered Surveyors are independent RICS Chartered Surveyors in Nottingham, providing house surveys and property valuations across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
With over 30 years’ experience surveying Nottingham property, Steve Butler has an in-depth understanding of local housing types, construction methods, ground conditions and historic issues including coal mining subsidence in Nottingham.
We provide independent, impartial property surveys in Nottingham, with no links to estate agents, lenders or mortgage brokers.
We provide RICS Level 2 HomeBuyer Surveys in Nottingham and RICS Level 3 Building Surveys in Nottingham. Our services also include Help to Buy valuations, property valuations for probate, matrimonial, insolvency and taxation purposes, as well as expert witness reports, boundary dispute surveys and housing disrepair and HHSRS claims.
Our Nottingham surveyors aim to provide a prompt, professional service, delivering clear reports that help clients make confident property decisions.
NOTTINGHAM SURVEYORS PROPERTY SURVEY REPORT 1900 SEMI DETACHED HOUSE
This Nottingham HomeBuyer Survey identified defects typical of early twentieth-century housing, including dampness, poor underfloor ventilation and evidence of an historic fire escape. The report provided clear advice on severity, likely causes and recommended remedial action.
Steve Butler qualified as an RICS Chartered Surveyor in 1992 and has passed the Government Home Inspector examinations, qualified as a Commercial Energy Surveyor and become an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
Steve Butler Chartered Surveyors are RICS-regulated Nottingham surveyors and are bound by strict Rules of Conduct. We do not pay or receive referral fees, ensuring complete independence. All Nottingham survey reports and valuations are subject to RICS audit.
Nottingham Surveyors Survey Report on a 1960 Detached Bungalow
This Nottingham property survey identified defective rainwater goods, subsidence affecting both the original structure and an extension, and neglected gardens and trees placing pressure on a boundary wall. The report advised on further structural investigation and appropriate repairs.
The chimneys were in poor condition, tiles were slipping, gutters were clogged and broken. The roof face had dished. Additional timbers had been added to strengthen the roof. The property had long standing movement at the head of an opening to a rear bay window. A timber floor had humped slightly.
Our Nottingham surveyors undertake:
Level 2 RICS HomeBuyer Surveys
Level 3 RICS Building Surveys
on all types of residential property in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
A pre-purchase survey in Nottingham can help you:
Identify serious or hidden defects
Avoid unexpected repair costs
Renegotiate the purchase price
We also provide Nottingham valuations for:
Help to Buy
Shared ownership and housing association sales
Divorce and matrimonial matters
Probate, insolvency and bankruptcy
Nottingham RICS Chartered Surveyos structural survey on a 1950 bungalow
The roof of the property was covered with moss which had blocked the gutters casuing water damage. The roof conversion had limited insulation and ground floor skirting boards were rotten.
An RICS Building Survey in Nottingham provides a detailed assessment of a property’s construction and condition and is particularly suitable for:
Older Nottingham houses
Non-traditional construction
Heavily altered or extended properties
Buildings in poor condition
The survey covers:
Roofs, chimneys and rainwater goods
Walls, floors, ceilings and structural movement
Damp, rot, woodworm and ventilation
A general overview of services
Each Nottingham Building Survey is bespoke and tailored to the property and your concerns.
The RICS HomeBuyer Report in Nottingham is a cost-effective survey designed to highlight:
Significant defects
Urgent issues
Matters affecting value
Both our Nottingham HomeBuyer Surveys and Building Surveys include:
A market valuation
An insurance reinstatement cost
For most modern, conventional Nottingham properties, the HomeBuyer Report is entirely suitable.
Nottingham Property Survey Case Study
This survey identified:
Damage to the chimney
Ground floors below pavement level
Severe mining subsidence
Substandard alterations, including relocation of the kitchen into a former outhouse
A RICS HomeBuyer Survey is suitable for most modern and conventionally built properties in Nottingham. A RICS Building Survey is recommended for older, extended or non-standard properties, or where more detailed advice on condition and construction is required.
The cost of a property survey in Nottingham depends on the property type, size and the level of survey required. HomeBuyer Reports generally cost less than full Building Surveys. Quotations are provided on an individual basis.
Most RICS HomeBuyer Surveys in Nottingham are completed within a few days of the inspection. RICS Building Surveys may take slightly longer due to the more detailed nature of the report.
Yes. Steve Butler Chartered Surveyors provide fully independent RICS surveys in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and do not act for estate agents, lenders or mortgage brokers.
For independent HomeBuyer Reports, Building Surveys, valuations and expert witness services in Nottingham, contact Steve Butler Chartered Surveyors.
Surveyors Homebuyers Survey Report on a 1910 semi detached house
Surveyors Homebuyers Survey Report on a 1930 detached house
These steps are immediately behind a door which greatly increases the risk of a fall from anybody not expecting them. Ideally there should be a landing between the door and the steps although in this small Victorian terrace this is not practicable. Whilst you could not get building regulation consent to build these steps today the legislation is not retrospective.
These rafters are covered with mould. It is likely to be a combination of poor insulation in the roof void so that warm damp air is able to condensate out on the roof structure together with a lack of ventilation to blow the warm air out of the roof.
Dry rot decay. Dry rot likes warm damp conditions were the air is still. Usually triggered by a sudden change in moisture levels such as a leak. Once established if a small source of moisture remains the dry rot can spread far across a building and affect dry timbers. Treatment is expensive as all spores have to be treated and they can lurk in inaccessible places.