Inspections and Reports on Dwellings: Inspecting - Softcover

Santo, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0080971318 ISBN 13: 9780080971315

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

With the introduction of Home Information Packs and Home Condition Reports house buying is being revolutionised!

This second book in the series of four, following Inspections and Reports on Dwellings: Assessing Age, covers the entire field of inspecting dwellings, from ascertaining the clients' requirements, setting the instructions by way of agreeing the Conditions of Engagement for any one of the five types of report envisaged as being covered by the series, to the physical inspection itself. Desirable attributes in the surveyor are discussed - qualifications, necessary insurance cover, both in respect of liability for his work and his own person, together with his fees.

Court cases determining the scope and level of inspection are given full consideration and there is a concentration on ascertaining, particularly in regard to age, the materials and forms of construction that make up each part of a dwelling, the structure, finishes, services and surroundings and its condition, all by means of sight, sound, feel and smell.

*Contains 350 colour photographs
*Relates defects to age and all types of construction
*Second in the series of four

About this title

About the Author

Philip Santo FRICS has over 35 years' experience as a residential surveyor and valuer. As a consultant for RICS he has contributed to numerous important Guidance Notes and Information Papers. Regularly contributing to the RICS Property Journal, he writes the acclaimed 'Case Notes' series and his photographs often feature in professional publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0080971318
• ISBN 13: 9780080971315
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 540