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A Chartered Surveyor with a diverse practice spanning building conservation, residential home surveys, party wall awards and expert witness work.Professionally holding FRICS status as well as being a RICS Registered Valuer, CIOB Registered in Building Conservation & a Full Member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors. A Polymath by nature, I have a deep understanding in various sectors beyond buildings which include horology, antiquities & insurance.MY JOURNEY INTO SURVEYINGIt all started in London in the early 1980s, a small box of Lego and I was instantly hooked. There were bricks, windows, and doors, and just about anything could be constructed given enough imagination! I was 3 and my parents unknowingly set me on course to becoming a Building Surveyor with this one small act.Fast forward a lot of Lego, meccano and tinkering with real building materials and I somehow have renovated 4 conversion properties (church, oast house, Victorian school and a barn), qualified as a Residential Building Surveyor (and a Party Wall Surveyor) and now get to spend my days looking at all the wonderful properties the West Country has to offer.WHERE I AM NOWWith over 20 years Built Environment experience (to Director level) my career has recently involved national surveying field force management and multi-million pound budget responsibilities. More recently repositioning to being building conservation focused I now specialise in advising on interesting pre purchase properties and those in need of repair.WHAT I DOWhen ‘on the ladders’ I specialise in surveying conversion and thatched properties, notably Georgian & Victorian municipal buildings converted to homes. Recent instructions have included Churches, an Asylum, Water Towers, Workhouse & Oast Houses.I aim to help you understand your intended property purchase after spending a good amount of time looking at it in detail for you before issuing you with a quality bespoke report. It does not matter if you are in Bristol, Taunton, Exeter or Bath you will get the same level of service & attention to detail.PORTFOLIO EXPERIENCE Current:> Consultant at Property Elite> Associate Tutor at UCEM> Ambassador for the LionHeart international charity.> RICS APC + SPA Chair/AssessorPast:> Administrator for ‘The Surveyor Hub’, an online resource for 3500 surveyors.> Co-Presenter on “Eat, Drink, Survey” - the hit YouTube programme on GoldCrest TV.> Parish Councillor culminating in being the Vice Chair for Planning.CURIOUS?Message me; let’s chat and see where it goes!

Listed skills include Investigation, Private Investigations, Courts, Accident Investigation, and 22 others.

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  University Of York

  Building Conservation