Providing RICS Homebuyers Reports with Valuations, Building Surveys, Architectural Design and Contract Administration along with a full range of Building Surveying and property related services throughout North East England, Wakefields Chartered Building Surveyors has grown and developed, over 60 years, into a Building Surveying partnership, offering expert property advice throughout Tyne & Wear, Northumberland and County Durham, including Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland and the Tyne Valley.
Services
Commercial property has been a key of our business for over 50 years, with Building Surveys forming a core service. Our pre-acquisition commercial survey will provide you with a highly detailed report, essential so to make a fully informed decision in respect of the buildings condition, as well as informing you in respect of statutory compliance and the operational demands of the building.
The Party Wall etc Act 1996 was formed to enable building owners to have a procedure to follow when building works involve a party wall or party fence wall. The Act is designed to minimise disputes by ensuring property owners use a surveyor to determine the time and way in which the work is to be carried out.
Commercial leases usually impose obligations on a tenant to keep the property in a reasonable state of repair. Dilapidations relates to the condition of a property during the course and at the end of a lease, which can result in a claim from a landlord to invoke the tenant to comply with their repair obligations, or alternatively claim damages.
Careful budget control is essential in any business and the object of a 'Planned Preventative Maintenance' scheme is to predict when certain repairs may be necessary in order to forecast expenditure. Regular maintenance can offer financial savings over reactive maintenance and can be less disruptive to the working environment.
