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Dedicated surveyor in Cardiff ready to give you peace of mind

A local surveyor with years of experience creating quality survey reports and carrying out professional work has joined the Right Surveyors and started a new office as Right Surveyors Glamorgan. If you are buying a property and need a professional to give you peace of mind, click on this link and contact Keith Batten FRICS.

Keith’s repertoire includes Property Surveys, Building Surveys, Structural Surveys, House Purchase Surveys, Homebuyers Reports, Major Defects Reports, Home Surveys and Property Valuations, Property Acquisition work, Party wall work and Independent Expert Witness proceedings. If there’s anything he can do for you, call the Right Surveyors on 0800 880 6264

The Right Surveyors are a large group of independent, local surveyors able to cover the whole of England and Wales. They combine local expertise with a national outlook and can provide you with any surveying or professional service necessary. Visit www.rightsurveyors.co.uk to learn more.

Fire and looting damage advice offered for properties affected by the disturbances

The Association of British Insurers has urged anybody affected by the rioting, which swept the country in early August of this year, to contact their insurers as quickly as possible. Many providers, they say, are operating 24-hour help-lines to help arrange the necessary repairs.

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25 minutes, a council worker and a crane. All to change a light bulb 10 foot off the ground.

Like the beginning of a bad joke, a council worker in Bognor Regis turned up to change the light bulb of a ten foot lamppost complete with a cherry picker, hard hat and high visibility jacket, proceeded to cordon the lamppost off with plastic fencing and reputedly took 25 minutes to finish the job.

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Village Green legislation subject to change pending newly announced consultation

The 25th July saw Defra release a new consultation over proposals to change the legislation concerning the registration system for village and town greens. With reports of many legitimate development proposals being blocked by the complex green registration system, the Government is inviting the public to have their say on how this problem might be rectified.

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Terms of Lease Not Followed – No surveyor’s Certificate Appropriately Served Rendering renders 6 years of service charge demands invalid

It is extremely important not to assume that a freeholder has the legal right to demand a particular service charge; you must check the lease first. In the case of a flat at Marina Heights, St Leonard’s on sea, 6 years of service charge demands were held invalid as the charges were not certified by a surveyor as required by the lease.

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RICS Spokesman reminds property purchasers of the importance of a home survey

For most people, the family home is both their greatest asset and largest investment. Choosing that home is likely to be one of the hardest decisions of your life and yet many people still enter into transactions without being fully aware of what they are buying.

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