Appleby Petfield
Chartered Surveyors & Architectural Designers

Appleby Petfield is a firm of Chartered Surveyors. We offer a personal service to our clients. We undertake a range of services, which are listed in the tabs on the left. These include surveys of buildings both residential and commercial. We undertake HomeBuyers Surveys and Condition Reports.

If you wish to extend or alter your property Appleby Petfield can provide Architectural services in the form of drawings prepared on AutoCAD, we can apply for Planning, Listed Building and Building Control Consents.

If you are a Landlord or a tenant we can provide advice on Dilapidations, repairs and alterations. If you are in dispute we can also provide expert witness and party wall advice.

Appleby Petfield News

Spring/Summer 2012

With summer approaching and the entry into “double dip” recession, where now for the housing market?

Locally there has been an increase in market activity and we have seen a rise in the number of HomeBuyers and Surveys being prepared.

There appears also to be a rise in the number of purchase valuations being requested compared to remortgages.

There remains an issue with property supply and there are mixed messages in terms of market date. The increase in demand has, more commonly lead to properties being agreed at prices above what would have been expected and particularly at the stamp duty thresholds. Notwithstanding this, prices in general are still falling. READ MORE...

 

DEFECT SPOT

External Redecoration

During the summer period it is sensible to focus on the matter of external redecoration.

External redecorations, it is important to maintain the condition of decorated external elements so that these provide appropriate weather protection to other parts of the building fabric and the interior.

External redecoration should be carried out on a regular basis, the frequency of which is usually defined by the exposure of the property concerned. READ MORE...