Angell Thompson & Partners

read moreFire, explosion, flood, burst pipes, storm and impact - all necessitate emergency action, salvage & site safety. It has been established at law that Insurance Companies cannot be held responsible for knowing the reinstatement value of their customers' property. They will often offer assistance with this, usually referring Policyholders to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors House Rebuilding Cost Index. You will need to know the m2 area of your house. Your sum-insured should include an amount of c. 10% and 5% extra to cover the cost of professional Architects and Surveyors' fees, and the cost of complying with Local Authority requirements, respectively.

read moreIf you have had a Homebuyers, Mortgage Valuation or General Purchase Survey completed on a property, the Surveyor may have identified one or more specific structural problems and may have recommend that a Chartered Building Surveyor or Chartered Structural Engineer is appointed to investigate further - this is the point where we can become involved. We visit, investigate the specific problem, report on its causation and advise on its resolution. Sometimes intrusive investigations (trial pits/bore holes, soil and root sampling, drains tests) are necessary, and we can arrange these too if required.