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Our 7 tips for selling your home
Did you know August is the most popular month for selling a home? With the long bank holidays and lovely weather, it is the perfect time to move into a new property. Are you thinking of moving? Here is our step-by-step guide for selling your home
Avoid a Party Wall Dispute With These Top Five Tips
If you are planning to undertake works that affect a shared wall or you are building or digging near a neighbour’s property, you will need an experienced Party Wall Surveyor to help the process run as smoothly as possible and avoid any future problems. Or if you have been served a Party Wall Notice by your neighbour, we can act as your Adjoining Owner’s Surveyor should you need it.
Commercial to Residential | Could this impact the current Housing Market?
Commercial to Residential could this impact the Housing Market. In 2021, the government proposed the idea of changing the use of commercial buildings to residential in hope of battling the housing crisis. They have created new permitted development rights for those wishing to convert Class E buildings such as shops, offices, and restaurants to residential properties (Class C3). In this blog, I will cover the advantages and disadvantages of this and what we could expect from this Strategy.
Howe Insights
June 24, 2024
Our 7 tips for selling your home
Did you know August is the most popular month for selling a home? With the long bank holidays and...
June 7, 2024
Avoid a Party Wall Dispute With These Top Five Tips
If you are planning to undertake works that affect a shared wall or you are building or digging near...
May 21, 2024
Commercial to Residential | Could this impact the current Housing Market?
Commercial to Residential could this impact the Housing Market. In 2021, the government proposed the idea of changing the...
April 24, 2024
Norwich to Tilbury | National Grid Proposal
Are you aware of the Norwich to Tilbury Project being proposed by the National Grid in their bid to...
April 10, 2024
7 additional costs to consider when buying your new home and how best to budget for these.
Here are our 7 top tips on what costs you need to consider when buying a new property and...
December 22, 2023
2023: What a tree-mendous year!
With Christmas and the New Year just around the corner, we reflect on the exciting progress HCS has achieved...
November 13, 2023
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
10 years ago today I founded Howe Chartered Surveyors - it’s an overused phrase but it’s been a ‘journey’…!
June 28, 2023
KENT OFFICE LAUNCH
HCS are pleased to officially launch our KENT Office in addition to our LONDON and ESSEX offices.
June 14, 2023
What’s the deal on Dilapidations?
Whether you are a landlord or a tenant in a commercial space, you should have a broad understanding of...
December 22, 2022
2022 Wrapped up – just in time for Christmas
With the new year in sight, we reflect on what 2022 has brought to the HCS team in another...
December 17, 2021
Here’s Howe our Year has been
With 2 weeks remaining in 2021 we reflect on another challenging year. At the close of 2020, much uncertainty...
March 24, 2021
Howe to Survey Safely During COVID-19
When COVID-19 was declared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a global pandemic on 11th March 2020, little...
January 28, 2021
When is a Green Roof Not a Green Roof?
When is a green roof not a green roof? When there is too much vegetation growth on your roof....
December 21, 2020
2021 | Onward and Upward
2020 has been quite a year. The UK officially left the EU. The USA elected a new President. One...
December 23, 2019
Season’s Greetings from HCS
Original photo under: Carmel Jane Photography As we say goodbye to 2019, we have taken a moment to reflect...