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What does a Building Surveyor do?

Building Surveyor do?

Murray Birrell is a boutique Chartered Surveyors with offices in Mayfair and Petts Wood.

For 30 years we have

represented our clients’ interests in the built environment, ensuring regulatory, contractual, and legal aspects of building maintenance and construction are maintained by all parties.

In many instances, building surveyors are an intermediary between building owners and the building users, or between building owners and/or their representatives and the contractors carrying out work for them. We ensure all work by contractors is completed according to the agreed programme and the appropriate statutory regulations, within the parameters of any applicable landlord/tenant agreements, to a professional standard, and within budget. Frequently this will be listed buildings that require a particular building conservation skillset. We represent landlords to ensure that their commercial or residential leaseholders/ tenants, conform to the terms of their lease. We also undertake Professional Services including Party Walls, Dilapidations and Expert Witness.

Who we do it for

The majority of our clients are commercial organisations located throughout London, (from The City through to Belgravia) and across the Home Counties. Our clients include: • Mansion-owning landed estates and housing associations: both types of accommodation providers employ us to manage multioccupancy tenant issues. • Owners and users of business premises. • Housebuilders, either building completely new homes or repurposing heritage buildings to meet today’s regulatory standards and market expectations. • Accommodation providers for the elderly in almshouses, for armed forces veterans (who are sometimes disabled), and on behalf of London councils. • We have worked with hospitality and retail chains. In each individual case, it’s essential to understand the client`s needs and aspirations in order to produce the correct service and solution.

For further information visit our website on www.murraybirrell.co.uk

Council backs new

Woolwich town centre sports complex

Woolwich is to have a new leisure complex in the centre of town. It will replace the existing Waterfront Leisure centre on the edge of town next to the Thames.

The new development will include a set of residential buildings, as well as a new community square and commercial space.

Greenwich council recently gave approval for the new leisure centre which will be located between Vincent Road and Wilmount Street, Additional facilities in the new centre will include a spa, a splash pool, and more sports courts and swimming lanes than currently offered at the Waterfront site. The new set of residential buildings will include a total of 482 new apartments, built by the council’s development partner, The Hill Group. Construction of the new leisure centre will begin early next year with the demolition of Viscount House on Vincent Road beginning in October.

Bowie’s bandstand set for £250k restoration

A bandstand in Beckenham where David Bowie performed could soon be restored to its former glory.

Plans for the £250,000 project have been submitted by Bromley council.

In 1969, Bowie helped organise and play at the one-day Growth Summer Festival in Croydon Recreation Ground. The Edwardian bandstand was built in 1905 and given Grade II listed status in 2019. After years of fundraising, a refurbished bandstand could be ready next summer.

Lewisham murals pay tribute to local heroes

Lewisham artists dedicated six murals to change-makers, which were unveiled at Lewisham shopping centre in late September.

Among the murals was artist Boudicca Collins tribute to Sybil Phoenix for championing young black voices and transforming lives in the borough, where she has lived with husband Joe since 1963.

Molly Hankinson’s mural paid tribute to Ono Dafedjaiye for making creative arts more inclusive for people with learning disabilities via Deptford charity Heart n Soul.