Merritt can provide comprehensive surveying services using our experienced, qualified surveyors.
Services include:
• Preparation of ‘Planned Maintenance Programmes’, providing essential guidance for long-term financial planning.
• Maintenance Surveying – specification of works and contract administration for major redecoration and repair projects.
• Building Surveying- Refurbishment projects, defects analysis, building pathology and condition surveys
We also undertake full administration duties and consultation with qualifying leaseholders as required under Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (as amended) for qualifying works (i.e. works costing more than £250.00 per any one lessee).
In addition, we offer a comprehensive development service to clients who are considering developing part of their property. This work can range from the conversion of the basement in a block of flats to the redevelopment of an entire site. Services associated with this kind of work that we can offer include:
• Planning Co-ordinator services for clients requiring the appointment under the Health and Safety- CDM Regulations
• Party Wall Matters
• Planning and Building Regulation Applications.
• Project Management.
• Architectural Design Feasibilities for Development Opportunities.
Our surveying service is also available to individual lessees and we are happy to meet you on site to discuss your needs.
LOCAL CONTRACTORS
As long as they have the right insurances and skillset we think small local specialists offer our clients a better solution than the large general maintenance firms lots of our competitors instruct
• Smaller local firms are often keener for new business than large more established companies. We find this means they generally price new contracts more competitively
• Its better to use a suppliers who are close to your property for as many of the contracts as possible (like lift maintenance, general cleaning and gardening) – as they’ll be able to attend more quickly when the need arises, and (again) – will charge you less as they’ll have to factor a lower transport cost. The closer the better in our view
• Good suppliers (like bad) come in all shapes and sizes. That said, in our experience a good small, independent contractor, generally beats good large contractor. They’re more flexible and each individual customer is more important to them
• An independent local tradesman will have lower overheads to cover than a large company and so are they’re often consistently cheaper. A lot of smaller firms are also not required to charge vat – which reduces costs by a further 20%
We’re not tied to any of the contractors we work with and if you’d like us to quote to take over the management of your building, but want to keep some of your existing suppliers – this is fine
As long as you raise it with us in good time (and provided they have the correct insurances) we’re happy work with preferred suppliers you’ve already got in place
For more details on our products and services, please feel free to visit us at Leasehold, Building surveying, professional property management, apartment block management, Block insurance