Our specific defect reports provide clear, independent advice, practical recommendations and a broad indication of estimated repair costs for property buyers, sellers. leaseholders and owners in Putney, southwest London.
What is a Specific Defect Report?
A Specific Defect Report is used to inspect and assess a particular localised problem with a property’s structure or condition. The report will focus on just that one part of the building, instead of reviewing the whole structure of the Putney property.
A Pole Chartered Structural Engineer will examine the potential defect of the property in Putney and assess whether it is superficial or a more serious structural problem. They will then advise you on the cause and remedies to take. The report will also include a broad indication of estimated repair costs.
Types of specific concerns we can inspect, include
- General cracking
- Sagging floor
- Bulging wall
- Lintel movement
- Inadequate alterations
- None Building Regulations compliant structural work of extensions or wall removal
- Advice on wall removal
- A structural issue relating to building work
- Subsidence threat
Do I need a Specific Defect Report?
If you are planning to purchase, sell, lease, or renovate a property in Putney but have noticed a potential defect, our Structural Engineer’s Specific Defect Report will help you understand the full extent of the problem and the cost of rectifying it.
Whether you’re buying a property, selling, leasing in Putney, or carrying out renovations or negotiating with neighbours in Putney, an unbiased, professional Structural Engineer’s Specific Defect Report will give you and all parties concerned, confidence and peace of mind.
Read how Pole’s specific defect report helped a leaseholder in Putney to sell an apartment.
