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UK
Damp & Decay Control |
Survey Fees
Survey fees are inclusive of
VAT
Last updated March 2011
Damp Survey: £250.00
Timber Decay: £250.00
Combined Damp & Timber Survey: £450.00
Dry rot surveys -
please phone or e-mail with details of problem so we can
advise on price of dry rot survey
Mortgage specials-mini surveys and reports to satisfy
stricter
Building Society lending criteria.
As we head into a new age of austerity Building
Societies have turned the clock back to the 1950’s and
mortgage lending is getting tighter and with lenders
making borrowers come up with deposits of around 20-30%
of property values. They also seem to have instructed
their surveyors to be very particular in their
inspections with regard to dampness or timber decay.
Nearly every day we get calls or e-mails from clients
saying that they are buying a house and have been
granted a mortgage but ‘dampness and timber decay have
been noted and a specialist damp and timber survey is
required’
The slightest hint of damp will therefore get the
Building Society surveyor to include statements such as-
‘Random moisture meter readings were taken and adverse
readings were recorded on some walls, this indicates an
ongoing damp problem at the property. A competent Damp &
Timber Specialist should be commissioned to assess the
severity of the rising damp to the property and quote
for necessary damp-proofing and timber treatment works.’
This often leads to damp-proofing firms to offer free
surveys and quotes which will routinely diagnose rising
damp and then recommend chemical damp-proofing together
with associated re-plastering. To avoid such unnecessary
works we have introduced our mortgage survey specials
designed to save buyers and sellers from unnecessary,
expensive and disruptive damp-proofing and timber
treatments.
Mini damp survey and report/quote: £150.00
Mini timber survey and report/quote: £150.00
Combined mini damp/timber survey and report/quote:
£250.00
Surveys can be arranged by phoning 0800 028 1903 or via
e-mail on
enquiries@ukdamp.co.uk
You might be tempted by the offer of a ‘free survey’ by
some damp-proofing and timber treatment companies but
they will always find rising dampness and
recommend remedial damp-proofing and timber treatments
that are not suitable and not justifiable.
We can also provide quotations for any remedial damp and
timber decay repairs which have been specified by a
Chartered Surveyor (RICS) or any independent Remedial
Surveyor (CSRT) who is a member of the Property Care
Association or Institute of Specialist Surveyors and and
Engineers.
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