Bradleys Chartered Surveyors offer many other specialised services such as:-

Expert Witness Reports

These are normally carried out on direct instructions from solicitors complying with the RICS Practice Statement 2nd Edition Entitled "Surveyors Acting as Expert Witnesses" and is with reference to Part 35 of the Civil Procedure Rules. Because of the nature of this work, which can take a number of years to resolve, our charges are normally on a per hour basis. Our expert witness service covers those areas of general practice as outlined on this website

Concrete testing (Mundic)

This work is undertaken throughout Cornwall by our Camborne office. The surveyors responsibility is to identify areas for testing in accordance with the RICS guidance notes. Mundic can be present in aggregate of concrete blocks used to build property in Cornwall (and a limited area of Devon) prior to about 1955. Where water gets in to Mundic concrete it causes it to disintegrate (which is why some houses need testing).

Construction Monitoring and Project Managment

From new build to extensions to conversions, we can provide a monitoring and management service. This ensures that works are undertaken to a satisfactory standard, in accordance with plans and specifications.

Schedule of Dilapidations

These are mostly carried out where there is a dispute over repairing obligations or for example, at the end of a commercial lease and an assessment is necessary to establish works necessary to remedy defects and dilapidations. Or, it can be carried out at the beginning or sale of a lease to establish future obligations.

Boundary Disputes and Plans

The best advice that can be given with a boundary dispute is to try and settle it without recourse to solicitors and surveyors. The pursuit of a legal action is usually very expensive. With respect to this type of work we only carry out reports with instructions through solicitors. Our charges are on an hourly basis. Check with your insurers the cost of resolving disputes as it is sometimes covered by your Buildings/contents cover.

Lease Extensions & Freeholds

These are mostly valuations under Section 6 or 13 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Developement Act 1993 (as amended by the Housing Act 1996 and the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002). More often than not these are the cases where a 99 year lease was created in the 1960s or 1970s and it is the intention to either extend the lease, or for a group of leaseholders to purchase the Freehold. This is a statutory right. We only carry out the valuation and not serving of notices etc.