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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
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...
April 20, 2017
Shenfield Networking Group Tuesday 25th April lunchtime!
We’re very proud to be hosting the next Shenfield Networking group – a great way to meet local businesses...