Surveying Blog

A beautiful location in a beautiful village. Not every survey ends with a set of keys. This one ended with a client thanking me and walking away from the purchase, and I would put it in the column marked success. Earlier this year I was instructed to carry out a RICS Home Survey Level 3 on a cruck-framed cottage in Thornton-le-Dale, one of the prettiest villages in Ryedale and firmly inside the North York Moors National Park. Stone and pantile, roughly 1,700 square feet over

A characterful Edwardian detached home in Scarborough, recently inspected under a RICS Home Survey Level 3. There is a particular satisfaction in surveying an older home. Beneath the decorative plasterwork, the leaded fanlights and the original timber staircases lies a building that was designed and constructed in a fundamentally different way from the houses we build today. Understanding that difference is the single most important thing a buyer of a period property can do,

Aerial view of a 1850s sandstone farmhouse It has been a little while since I last published a blog post, but for good reason. Over recent months, I have been exceptionally busy carrying out RICS Level 3 Building Surveys on traditionally built properties across North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, including projects in Scarborough, Whitby, Bridlington, Malton and Driffield. There has been a noticeable rise in buyers looking to purchase historic properties, old fa

Traditional Solid-Wall Buildings vs Modern Cavity-Wall Homes. A building surveyor’s guide for buyers in Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington, and Driffield.

Behind the surveys: what we’ve been finding in homes across Filey, Bridlington and Scarborough and how it’s helping local buyers.

Why get a survey when buying a house? Two surveys. One property. Discover the hidden secrets we uncovered - and why every buyer should look closer.