Questions to find answers before even making an offer: A new video which might help you avoid spending out unnecessarily. Below is a link to our new video which highlights the type of items which come to light after someone…
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Building Regulations Completion Certificate Sign-Offs : Why Important?
Building Regulations Completion Certificate Sign-Offs : Why Important? Introduction : Exploring why obtaining a building regulations completion certificate for your alteration, extension or loft conversion etc. is important and the potential implications for not following procedure and obtaining a certificate…
Tagged with: building regulations, completion certificate, Extension, loft conversion, purchasing property
Posted in Blog, Residential
Posted in Blog, Residential
Looking for a new home some pointers
Looking for a new home some pointers When looking for a new home, consider these pointers when viewing the property. This could help you avoid going down “blind alleys” so to speak, and racking up survey costs unnecessarily for unsuitable…
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Moving to Essex, survey? Worried about high subsidence risk flagged up by mortgage valuation? Wondering if you need a full building survey Essex?
Building Survey Essex Moving to Essex? Worried about high subsidence risk flagged up by mortgage valuation? Building survey Essex : Often, we receive calls from house buyers who have just had a mortgage valuation carried out by others asking “my…
Tagged with: Building, building survey, building survey essex, building surveys essex, high risk of subsidence, home survey essex, home surveys essex
Posted in Blog, Residential
Posted in Blog, Residential
Recent interesting pub building survey
Recent Interesting Pub Building Survey : Pub in Essex (Near London) We recently carried out a pre purchase pub building survey for a pub in Chigwell Essex. This was interesting in that it was timber framed to the original areas…
Ground and Lower Ground Extension – Part 1 & Part 1(a) – Rayleigh, Essex
This case study is Part 1 of a series we are going to show on the progress of this particular job. It is a lower ground floor and ground floor rear extension in a prestigious area of Rayleigh, Essex. The…
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What is CIOB?
MB Design & Surveyors Limited is CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building) Regulated. So what is CIOB? The Chartered Institute of Building is a worldwide professional body that represents construction and property professionals who work within the building environment. Chartered members…
Bungalow to Mansard House Conversion – Part 1
So here we have part one of a bungalow to mansard conversion by MB Design & Surveyors which we got through the planning, design and building regulations stages. The upper structure of the new part of the building is timber…
Posted in Case Studies
Is it possible to add additional storey’s or loft convert existing commercial property?
We are asked often whether it is possible to for example add an additional storey to a flat roofed commercial building or to loft convert an existing commercial property. The answer is normally yes, depending on planning considerations with the…
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Modern Basement Extension Project Part 2
Part 2 of the modern Basement Extension Project Case study video Here is part two of the 3 part case study, Hope you enjoy MB
Tagged with: basement, Chartered Building Consultancy, Extension, MB Design & Surveyors Ltd, modern, project
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Posted in Case Studies