Our client wanted an Schedule of Condition report before sub-leasing an industrial unit in Kent. The report covered the entire area within the boundary fences.
Thorough Schedule of Dilapidations & Large Claim - Kent
This modern but dated three storey office block in Ashford had been vacated by a public sector client who had made extensive internal alterations and subjected the property to very considerable wear and tear. A detailed survey resulted in a comprehensive Schedule of Dilapidations running to hundreds of items.
Schedule of Dilapidations for Industrial Estate - Kent
Condition Surveys around Slurry Pipeline Mishap - Kent
Cost of Reinstatement After Intense Factory Fire - Kent
Insurance Negotiations After Swimming Pool Fire - Kent
Insurance Reinstatement Claim For Two Church Fires, Kent
On the same evening, two church fires were started deliberately in unconnected locations in Kent, one causing localised damage to the interior of the church and extensive smoke blackening and the second causing extensive damage to the stage and ceiling of a church hall and destruction of the oak plank flooring.
Insurance Reinstatement Due To Damage Caused By a Collapsed Wall, Kent
Sewage Leaks Into Residential Basement
Success at Arbitration - Residential Dispute, Kent
Resolved Out Of Court - Residential Property Kent
A building dispute had arisen between a major housebuilder and the owners of a newly purchased prestige, high value detached house. Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors were instructed by the owners to assist in the resolution of a number of issues. Whilst the house was of very considerable size, to a very high specification and standard of design, it was let down by finishing.
Resolved At Mediation - House Building Dispute, Kent
Party Wall Adviser on Council Redevelopment - Maidstone
Building Owner's Party Wall Duty Breached - Gravesend
Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors agreed a Party Wall Award with the Building Owner’s surveyor. Subsequently it was found that the Building Owner’s obligations had been breached. Unauthorised scaffold and building materials had been placed on the Adjoining Owner’s land and an access cut through a boundary wall from our client’s land.
Party Wall Inspection to Settle Dispute - Wateringbury
The Building Owner contacted Metcalfe Briggs Surveyors as he had received a query from his neighbour that the foundations excavated for the Building Owner’s extension contravened the 3 metre rule under the Party Wall Etc. Act 1996. The Act states that is a footing is dug within 3 metres of an adjoining property and is lower than the existing footings of the adjoining property, the Act applies.
