The 8 Ways in Which Your Fire Doors Are Breaking Building Regulations
A recent article by one of our competitors in this month’s RICS Journal caught my eye with the compelling opening line: “You rarely find a fully compliant fire door”.It prompted me to look back through the last 10 apartment surveys…
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The route to a better night’s sleep for building surveyors and their clients lies in a thorough Rein
The Reinstatement Cost Assessment (RCA) is not an ‘off the top of your head’ job.As a Building Surveyor, I am getting increasingly frustrated with certain client behaviour. It is this: we do a Building Survey Report on the building the…
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Architects, engineers & developers! Know the benefits of a Schedule of Condition/Dilapidations Surv
Attention architects, engineers and developers! Know the benefits of a Schedule of Condition/Dilapidations Survey.Many builders start work on site, often involving demolition or piling, with no regard for the condition of the neighbouring buildings. The ball and chain start swinging…
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We live in the US and want to buy a house to renovate in Ireland. What’s involved?
Hopefully I didn’t put these guys off tackling their fixer-upper in the beautiful Co Sligo. Read my advice in today’s Irish Times.
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My blue-sky thinking for 2020 is obscured by a certain roof
What stood out in January for me was this roof (only a building surveyor!!) in the prime retail ‘Grafton Quarter’ in D2.
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Brian Duffy talks to The Journal on ‘6 Ways to Approach Your First House Viewing’
AFTER SPENDING SO long saving for a mortgage and poring over house listings, the process of putting an offer in and having it accepted can often move much faster than expected.As a result, many people find themselves making snap decisions…
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Fire safety in Irish apartment developments
Fire safety in Irish apartment blocks The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland’s recent submission to the Department of Planning, Housing, Communities and Local Government is a welcomed document and in particular their call for a high-level study to examine the…
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Notch so much .....!
Notch so much …. Inappropriately cutting a hole as this guy has done or a notch other than in specified areas can lead to a joist being weakened to such a degree that collapse might occur. Technical Guidance Document of…
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Supersession in Dilapidations Claims
Supersession in dilapidations claims (works the tenant is required to do to comply with the lease repairing obligation) relates to works that could be claimed for but have been superseded. So in effect there is no loss to the landlord.…
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REINSTATEMENT COST ASSESSMENTS (RCA)
Surveyors: Know what you are insuring when preparing a RCAThe majority of commercial buildings in Ireland are insured on an indemnity by reinstatement (i.e. new for old) basis and the Day One Reinstatement basis is the most popular form of…
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