Building Surveying
Whatever your Building Surveying needs, Jones Melling has the people, technical skills and innovative mindset to deliver the best possible solution.
We are trusted and respected property advisers with a strong track record for consistently going above and beyond expectations.
Our wide-ranging experience and deep industry knowledge enables us to work closely with you to deliver projects and resolve issues, from Planning and Building Control Management and Employer’s Agent services, to Expert Witness advice and Defect Analysis.
Our Building Surveying services include:
Accommodation Reports for medical negligence cases
Our team of surveyors offer trusted advice to legal teams representing clients in medical negligence and personal injury cases. This involves the preparation of reports assessing the accommodation needs of people seeking compensation through the courts following serious injury or trauma.
Boundary disputes
Our team of property advisers carry out detailed investigations before taking an informed approach to helping you settle your dispute as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
Building defect analysis
When faults occur with a building, either during construction, or throughout its lifetime, swift remedial action is vital. Our surveyors have years of experience in investigating and providing comprehensive solutions to all manner of building defects.
Building surveys
Our building surveys include detailed structural evaluation, analysis of maintenance needs, and assessment of any defects in a property. Our service is driven by our clients’ requirement for clear, speedy and value-adding advice.
Conservation and listed buildings
Our property experts advise our clients on all aspects of historic and listed buildings. Whether acquiring, selling, or seeking to extend or refurbish a heritage building, we can provide you with the answers.
Disability access audits
Our disability access audits are carried out by trusted property experts. They assess what can reasonably be done to optimise accessibility in line with the provisions of current legislation.
Dilapidations
We deliver specialist advice on property dilapidations for both commercial tenants and landlords. They place their trust in us because they know we give consistently reliable, commercially aware advice.
Expert witness and dispute resolution
When property disputes arise, our experienced surveyors provide robust expert witness reports that address all relevant legal issues in an unbiased and even-handed manner, based on thorough and detailed investigations.
Leasehold advice and tenant alterations
If you are granting or taking on a lease, it’s important to ensure you have the correct agreements in place to cover such issues as alterations to the property.
Our trusted experts give high quality advice to achieve a value-for-money outcome that protects your interests.
Measured surveys and design
We take a proactive approach to delivering a meticulously accurate and professional solution to measuring and drawing buildings. Our measured surveys can detail all the structural characteristics of a building.
Party wall and neighbourly matters
If you are a building owner planning work that may be covered by party wall legislation, or an adjoining building owner affected by party wall issues, we can help. Our bespoke service means we achieve the right outcomes for our clients.
Planned preventative maintenance (PPM)
Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) ensures you are budgeting correctly and managing your property effectively. Our PPM reports are delivered by experienced, market-savvy experts whose aim is to maximise the commercial productivity of your property assets.
Pre-acquisition surveys and pre-lease surveys
Buying, selling or leasing a commercial property is an area where expert advice is required to value the building, as well as identifying any building defects or potential problems that may impact the future value of your property assets. This is where the expertise of our chartered building surveyors comes into its own.
Reinstatement cost assessments
Reinstatement Cost Assessments (RCAs) involve valuing the rebuilding costs of your property for insurance purposes. We carry out a comprehensive assessment that enables us to accurately value the reinstatement costs of commercial and domestic properties.
Roof condition surveys
Jones Melling’s team of professional building surveyors offer a comprehensive visual roof surveying service. Whether it’s part of a planned or reactive maintenance programme, our experts help you address roof defects and other potential issues for a wide range of commercial properties and roof types.
Schedules of Condition
A schedule of condition provides legal protection against dilapidations claims, as long as it is attached to the lease at the outset. Our trusted experts record the exact condition of a property at the start of a lease ensuring an accurate picture of the condition of the property at lease commencement.
Timber surveys
Our building surveyors are well-versed in diagnosing a wide range of timber decay issues in commercial and residential buildings, including problems with damp, rot and infestation.