Professional, Personal Service
We provide a more personal service for our clients at competitive prices and actually phone you on the same day to explain our findings before sending off the report.
No Delays
We aim to carry out the survey within 5 working days of the instruction if at all possible and you can have it emailed to you too if you like – often on the day of inspection.
30+ Years Of Experience
We’ve been surveying homes in and around Essex and Suffolk since 1984 and have surveyed several thousand properties in that time.
James Harrison Surveying Ltd
James Harrison first opened the practice in Essex in 2010 following 26 years of working in the business for others.
James was latterly a Senior Surveyor for a national building company working all over the country for ‘Blue Chip Companies’ as well as very ‘High Profile’ clients who value confidentiality as well as competency. He also worked in local surveying practices.
Having listened to you:
- You want to understand the report without any ambiguity.
- Our surveyors have to therefore produce good quality reports in clear English – in layman’s terms wherever possible.
- You want to talk to the surveyor and have the opportunity to discuss the findings.
- You want to receive the report promptly and have the opportunity to have it emailed to you.
- You don’t just want a list of further recommended reports, you want informed opinion.
- You don’t want to pay a professional to receive a report with pages of caveats of what wasn’t seen and why it can’t be commented on.
Services
We help Landlords by offering a range of services to help you with this at very competitive fees. We tailor our services to suit your requirements. Our Clients usually find that in effect our low fees are more than covered by receiving much lower builders quotes than they would normally expect.
Project Management
James Harrison Surveying has experience in projects from house construction, office refurbishments, night time bank refits, listed building works, building steel frame buildings and many others.
Specific Defect Reports
This report is to assess very specific problems or defects within a structure. It is confined to the issue only and is not intended to replace a Building Survey.
Schedules of Dilapidation
This report uses the original condition survey and compares it to the present condition of the building and then assess the costs to restore it to the original condition.
Advice on Building Extensions
To keep costs down it is very important to really assess what you want and very specifically how it can be done using the services and structure that exists as much as possible. We are often asked by clients to spend a couple of hours with them to assess their wishes and work out the best way forward for them. Only then will they instruct an architect as they will have enough knowledge to do so in the most cost effective way.
Building Disputes
This is a part of the business where we assess whether the builder is at fault, and then will try to mediate to complete the project to the mutual acceptance of both parties.
Building Insurance
When was the last time that your building was assessed? Following general guide tables is not accurate and you may find that you are under insured in which case an insurer will only pay out a percentage of costs in the event of a claim. We can carry out a full assessment for you so that you have piece of mind at very reasonable cost.