Real buildings we have surveyed and restored: what our surveys found, and the hands-on restoration work behind our advice.
See all 13 restoration projects →
About our case studies
We’ve created a whole new section on the site to showcase some of the work we do, both involving timber and damp surveys, and major building surveys of old homes. Peter takes a lot of video, so many of these are presented as videos, together with information about the house concerned.
Damp survey examples
We hope it brings home to our viewers the full extent of incompetence and fraud within the Survey industry – whether at the sharp end, with many RICS chartered surveyors telling clients to appoint a Property Care Association ‘Timber and Damp surveyor’ or just PCA registered damp companies being asked to survey houses directly for clients. In every case, we try to show how damp proofing is not required, and how downright incompetent and fraudulent all these people are.
Building Condition Survey, Pre-Purchase Survey, Homebuyer Survey
We hope also that you see how Building Condition Surveys can be fun, informative, and educational – we like our clients to learn about their potential home. We are doing more and more Full Structural Surveys in London and the surrounding areas, with clients finding out all sorts of interesting things about their purchase – We sometimes get rather dirty checking out under-floor spaces, narrow loft areas, drainage systems, and all manner of incompetent attempts at damp proofing where none is required. In Scotland, we explore old Manse houses, farm cottages on the Western Islands, and damp walls in Edinburgh!