The Cover Up
Freshly painted or renovated homes can be one of the most challenging aspects of Pre-Purchase Building Inspections. The fact that painting may enhance the product being sold also can conceal defects ranging from minor to major. Variations in surfaces particularly brickwork can be concealing serious problems like structural defects. Inspectors cannot damage a vendors property however it is essential that our clients are advised to conduct further invasive and specialist eng
Insurance Assessments
Its not all the time insurance assessors or companies get it right when making decisions on what the extent of work they are willing to conduct when rectifying damage to your home. Recently we were asked to make a specialist assessment of a clients roof where the insurance assessor only found it necessary to replace ridge cappings on a roof that was damaged by a hail storm. The home owner thought it was strange that his roof sheeting was not replaced when other insurance com
