Case Study 2

Refurbishment of a Grade II Listed
House

Background and pre-purchase
advice.
We were approached by a prospective
purchaser of a grade II listed
residential house located a short
distance from our offices. The
purchaser explained that he had
agreed a purchase price for the
property, subject to contract, but
wanted a detailed building survey
undertaken. The purchaser explained
that he intended to substantially
refurbish and extend the property and
therefore would be undertaking
electrical re-wiring, re-plumbing and
new central heating and there was no
need to inspect the services, but
otherwise a full building survey was
required.

The building survey was completed
and we identified areas of disrepair
and also the fact that one section of
the building had been partially
underpinned in the past because of
subsidence to one part of the building.
The building survey provided our
client with and explanation as to what
was wrong with the building, how to
put it right, and an approximate
costing of each element of the repairs.

Upon receipt of our report our client
asked if we would be interested in
assisting him in project managing the
building contract for alterations and
repair provided he purchase the
property. We provided our client with
details of similar work that we had