Building Condition Surveys
Have you bought a house and found some problems? Have you been living in your house and some defects have cropped up as the house ages such as a leaking roof or a damp wall?
Avoid costly bills by calling JC Consultants to investigate the defect and advise on what the problem is and guide you on how to remediate the problem and keep your costs down.
As we are completely independent you can be guaranteed of an impartial third party opinion.
We have great relationships with local companies where once we have identified the problem they can fix it for you. We are not affiliated with these companies, but we are happy to recommend them as they have a reputation of maintaining the highest standard and ethics and will get the problem fixed promptly.
Some Common Building Defects
Leaking roof.
Damp walls.
Flashing on chimney and vent pipes.
Rusting and damaged fixings.
Lifting roof sheets.
Rusting fixings.
Damaged gutters.
Rotten timbers.
Damaged and rotten windows and frames.
Weather-tightness risks.
Built up ground adjacent to property.
Poor venting under floors.
Rotten floor timbers.
Case Study - 1980s Building and Problem with Parapet Wall
At this property when it rained in a certain direction, it appeared the roof was leaking at its edge. The wall inside ran water over switches and fuse boards. This problem had started ten years ago.
James our Building Surveyor went to investigate the problem. He tested the wall with a temporary cover and found out the roof worked but the wall was porous, soaking up the moisture. As soon as the temporary cover was put in place, the problem stopped.
James then carried out further investigations and found out key hardware components to make a wall correctly had not been put in place at the time the wall was built.
From these investigation James came up with a plan of action for the owner. This included putting in the missing hardware into the wall that was missed when the wall was built. This required some minor rebuilding to the top of the wall. Remedial ties were also put in place on the wall.
Outcome
A wall that looked the same as before, no further leaking and a happy owner.
“We bought a home last year and needed the roof to be replaced over an addition to the house. We were confident in our choice of companies to lay the new roof, however, 6 months later the roof began to leak during a storm. The company that installed the new roof was a bit difficult to deal with and our confidence in the job dropped. We needed a third party assessment of the roof and the job performed but did not know who to call. James with JC Consultants was referred to us, and we are very thankful for the introduction. James came to our site and performed a very thorough inspection of the new roof and explained to us the issues we were facing with the current condition of the roof. James then provided a very detailed yet easy to understand report that we were then able to take back to the roofing company for response. Huge thanks to James and the team for us with a great inspection and, more importantly, great advice and security.” - Kitt Bryant - Napier
