Goodrich Consulting - Building Consultancy

BUILDING CONSULTANCY

A GUIDE TO OUR SERVICES

BUILDING CONSULTANCY

We have been working hard over the last few years to grow our in-house team of building consultancy experts, to expand our services to better serve you and your business

Our building consultancy team has a wealth of professional and commercial experience advising clients across a full and broad spectrum of property-related matters.

We provide our advice in an economic and proactive manner, and we are confident that our practical approach will contribute to your continued success

Specifically, we are now offering the following new services to our core project management, employer’s agent, quantity surveying and principal designer offering:

Schedule of Condition

A schedule detailing the condition of a property, in text, photographic, or text and photographic format, usually prepared on behalf of the tenant and checked by the landlord's surveyor for attachment to and referenced within the lease. Designed to limit the tenant's liability at the end of the lease.

Assessment of Dilapidations Liability

A priced report detailing potential dilapidations liability. This can be carried out for a tenant to allow budgeting for a dilapidations claim or for a landlord to negotiate an early surrender of a lease.

Dilapidations (Tenant)

Defending the tenant against the landlord's interim or terminal Schedule of Dilapidations, having due regard to lease covenants and diminution in the landlord's reversionary interest

Interim Schedule of Dilapidations (Landlord)

A schedule detailing breaches of covenants to keep the structure and fabric of a demise in repair, which if left un-repaired, will result in a diminution to the landlord's reversionary interest, having due regard to relief that the Tenant can claim under the 1938 Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act.

Terminal Schedule of Dilapidations (Landlord)

Schedule detailing breaches of a tenant's repairing covenants served with three years or less remaining, or up to twelve years after a lease has expired. Schedules can be served either priced or un-priced, depending upon whether the tenant is to undertake the work to put the demise back into repair Schedules served after the expiry of the lease are costed and form a claim for damages.

Building Survey (For Freehold Purchase)

A detailed inspection and report upon the structure and fabric of the property together with comment upon the condition of the services, predominantly for owner/occupiers The report will also make due recommendations for additional specialist inspections and reports as required, i.e. services, environmental, deleterious materials, DDA, etc.

Building Survey (For Leasehold Purchase)

As above, but with due regard to lease covenants. The report format is shorter and concentrates on potential areas of dilapidations liability to the tenant.

GOODRICH’S BUILDING CONSULTANCY TEAM PROVIDES EXPERT ADVICE ACROSS A WIDE AND VARIED RANGE OF INSTRUCTIONS

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Investment Survey

As a building survey but identifying defects having due regard to the risk to the landlord based upon the repairing covenants of the Leases) or Agreement to Lease

Licence to Alter (Landlord)

A technical review of a tenant/occupier’s proposed works to assess the suitability of information received, and compliance with Lease Terms or Covenants. Comment upon the impact on the structure and fabric of the property, and on the statutory and legal compliance of the proposed works. The report will also provide advice on reinstatement requirements to be considered for inclusion with any formal Licence to Alter.

Due Diligence

Like an investment survey but normally relates to a company purchase which includes property and takes stock of both freehold and leasehold property issues. It can also cover existing funding agreements where no monitoring is being undertaken by a third-party consultant.

Party Wall

Negotiations on behalf of the Building Owner or Adjoining Owner of the terms and conditions applicable where works affecting a party wall, having due regard to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. Usually includes the agreement of a Schedule of Condition.

Defects Analysis and Reporting

Identification and report upon the nature and repair options of a specific building defect.

Planned Maintenance Schedule

Inspection and costed schedule of required works to a building over a defined period of time to assist in the preparation of repairing budgets and the formation of funds for major future expenditures Can be undertaken on freehold or leasehold properties.

Building Reinstatement Cost Assessment

Measurement, inspection and report detailing the cost of reinstating a property in the event of a total loss through an insured risk. Costs and report considers ease of access for rebuilding purposes, construction, plant and equipment, fees, demolition and an allowance for inflation.

Depreciated Replacement Cost Valuations (DRC)

Measurement, inspection and report detailing the replacement cost of a property having due regard for its condition and un-expired life span.

Development Monitoring

Acting on behalf of an investor, a tenant or a potential freehold purchaser when a developer is undertaking the construction works through a third party in order to monitor the suitability of design, valuations, quality of workmanship and progress.

Fund Monitoring

Monitoring the works on behalf of the financier including initial design and costing report, monthly site inspections and draw-down approval to final completion of the works.

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