Launching Adept Building Consultancy Ltd, the all new expert team of building surveyors and project consultants. With a range of specialisms across the built environment, including both commercial and residential property.

“I’m excited to launch a new consultancy for the market, focusing on quality, not volume. I have seen an increased demand for targeted and bespoke service, helping clients invest carefully with the right advice to make an informed decision” says Managing Director James Cullen. With a comprehensive range of building surveying services, clients can rest assured, they are in safe hands.

Services available:

Building Consultancy

• Technical due diligence surveys
• Building surveys (RICS level 3 equivalent)
• Pre acquisition surveys
• Condition surveys
• Expert witness, disputes & CPR Part 35 reports
• Dilapidations schedules & negotiation
• Insurance reinstatement cost assessment (RCA)
• Heritage, conservation & listed building consultancy inc. quinquennial surveys
• Insurance works – damage surveys, claims disputes, management, overturning refused claims
• Schedule of condition
• Party wall surveyors
• Defect surveys
• Planned maintenance
• Strategic asset Management
• Development monitoring
• New build snagging surveys
• Delap / dilap surveys for construction
• Drone surveys
• Building safety act dispute support
• Boundary disputes
• Fire damage surveys
• RAAC identification surveys
• Damp surveys
• Timber surveys
• Concrete surveys
• Roof surveys
• Housing disrepair
• Class Q building surveys and demolition justification statements
• Net zero building surveys, sustainability and energy audits

Project Consultancy

• Contract administration
• Project Management
• Development monitoring
• Principal Designers role & CDM
• Snagging surveys
• Party Wall Awards and dispute resolution
• Pre works condition surveys / schedule of condition

Expert Witness

• CPR part 35 compliant reports
• Building defects including but not limited to dampness, rot, insect attack, cracking, ground movement, concrete defects, non-traditional housing, non-standard construction, drainage defects, etc.
• Housing disrepair
• Inherent defects
• Surveyor negligence
• New build construction failings and workmanship assessment
• Construction works snagging
• Dilapidations on commercial property
• Party wall disputes
• Landlord and tenant maintenance liability
• Construction contract disputes
• Construction cost disputes
• Boundary disputes
• Insurance claims
• Insurance reinstatement cost assessment
• Trespass
• Land contamination and remediation disputes
• Determining costs for repair work
• Determining quantum

Heritage Building Surveying

• Listed building acquisition surveys
• Full building surveys
• Listed building refurbishment, works specifications and project management
• Listed building consent
• Heritage statements
• Listed building method statements for repairs
• Quinquennial surveys
• Listed building defect surveys
• Listed building dilapidations
• Stately homes & hall surveys
• Listed building roof surveys
• Heritage window repair schedules
• Drone surveys
• Castle surveys
• Monument Surveys
• Church surveys
• Conversion feasibility surveys
• Building recording
• Photogrammetry & scanning
• Lime mortar and stone repair specifications
• Post war and modern listed building surveys