Featured Insights
A familiar service, with a fresh identity: introducing HCS Architecture & Interiors
Architecture and interior design have long been part of what we do at Howe Chartered Surveyors. Now, we’re giving this side of the practice a dedicated identity of its own: HCS Architecture & Interiors.
Howe Chartered Surveyors’ London office has moved!
We’re pleased to share that our London office has officially relocated. Previously based at 99 Bishopsgate, we are now situated in Wogan House, 99 Great Portland Street.
Howe Chartered Surveyors expands market reach and service offering through acquisition of Mass & Co
Howe Chartered Surveyors announce their acquisition of Mass & Co Chartered Surveyors and Commercial Property Agents, to create a greater collaboration between the two companies and offer a wider range of services.
Howe Insights
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...
November 8, 2019
The Importance of Maintaining a Property
At HCS, I have undertaken many Building Surveys on residential properties, but looking back, there is one which stands...
July 24, 2019
Work Experience at HCS | A Super Sweet Review
With the summer school holidays approaching, HCS welcomed one student, of The Ongar Academy, to our team for a...
December 20, 2018
Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019
As we approach the end of 2018 and before the man in the red coat comes down our chimneys,...
October 24, 2018
What is the difference between a HomeBuyer Report & a Building Survey?
When you’re buying or selling a property there seems to be a never-ending stream of number of things to...
September 1, 2018
Shenfield Networking Group, lunch Thursday 8th February
Wishing you all a Happy New Year. We are pleased that the next meeting of our networking group for...
July 12, 2018
Building Surveyors | A Diverse Bunch
I have often been asked, “so what do you do?”. This has been a tricky question to answer due...
May 3, 2018
The Use Of Shipping Containers As Affordable Housing
Following the sharp rise in property prices here in the UK within the last few years, we have seen...
February 1, 2018
HCS Cycling Club | Come Join Us on Sunday mornings!
If, like many of us, you’re a cycling fan, come join us at the HCS Cycling Club. Several of us at HCS...
December 27, 2017
Planning an Excavation? Don’t Dig Yourself Into a Hole!
When carrying out alterations to an existing property or building a new one, you may need to notify your...
July 11, 2017
What I Wish They’d Taught Me at University About the Property Industry
The property industry is a diverse field that includes amongst other things planning, organising, designing, constructing and conveyancing.
June 29, 2017
10 of the many words I hadn’t heard of before working at HCS
I started working at HCS just over a year ago, and at first I felt like at times they...
June 9, 2017
13 Things You Don’t Expect to Happen on a Building Survey
You may believe that being a building surveyor is a boring and uneventful occupation, but this can often be...