For housing associations, local authorities, principal contractors and private owners — instructed individually or across a portfolio.
These sit alongside our RICS home surveys and our energy efficiency and retrofit services. All are delivered by our own people, and data is returned in a form your systems can use.
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Element-by-element condition data across a portfolio, gathered to one standard and returned in a form your asset management system can actually use.
A stock condition survey records the condition of each main element of a property — roof, walls, windows, doors, heating, services — together with its remaining life and the maintenance or replacement need that follows from it.
Done across a portfolio, it is where asset intelligence comes from. It is what turns a resident’s complaint about a cold or damp home into a funded item on an investment programme.
Recurring findings on older social housing stock are rarely a surprise: damp, condensation and mould, cavity wall tie failure, roof spread, timber decay and lintel failure. We record them consistently so they can be counted, costed and programmed.
Awaab’s Law has applied to damp and mould in social housing since 27 October 2025. From 30 November 2026 it extends to a wider set of hazards, including excess cold, excess heat, falls, structural collapse, fire and electrical hazards, and domestic hygiene.
Those duties run from the point a landlord becomes aware of a hazard. Knowing the condition of your stock before a report arrives is the difference between managing a programme and reacting to a clock.
Surveys are carried out by our own assessors and surveyors, with RICS chartered building surveyors available for higher-risk buildings. Work is quality-checked before issue and data is returned in a form your systems can use — not as a pile of PDFs.
Independent inspection and diagnosis of damp, condensation and mould — identifying the cause, not just recording the symptom.
Damp, condensation and mould are among the most common findings in older housing stock, and among the most commonly misdiagnosed. Treating a stain on a wall without establishing why it is there produces a repair that fails and a complaint that returns.
Our inspections set out what is actually happening: whether it is penetrating damp, rising damp, condensation, a building fabric defect, a services failure, or a ventilation problem — and what follows from that.
Awaab’s Law has applied to damp and mould in social housing in England since 27 October 2025. Significant damp and mould hazards must be investigated within 10 working days, with safety work carried out within 5 working days where a significant hazard is found. Emergency hazards must be investigated and made safe within 24 hours.
An independent inspection gives you a dated, evidenced record of what was found and what was recommended.
From 30 November 2026, Phase 2 extends the same timescales to seven further hazard categories — most of them built-in defects rather than things a tenant reports. We have set out what changes, and what is worth doing before the deadline, in Awaab’s Law Phase 2: what changes on 30 November 2026.
Ventilation has to be designed alongside airtightness, not after it. Sealing a home without addressing how it breathes moves moisture around rather than removing it, which is why damp and condensation problems so often appear after energy efficiency work.
Where insulation is proposed on a property that already has damp, our position is consistent: properties with cavity wall tie failure, existing damp, defective render or a roof in poor condition are not candidates for insulation until those defects are dealt with — and saying so is part of the service.
Independent inspection of roof condition, defects and remaining life — on a single property or across a portfolio.
A roof survey records the construction and covering, its condition on the day of inspection, and the defects that affect how long it will last and what it will cost to put right.
Roof defects are among the most common findings on older stock, and they sit upstream of a lot of other problems. Damp, timber decay and failed insulation frequently trace back to a roof that is letting water in. Establishing the roof’s condition first means the rest of a programme is built on something solid.
It also matters before energy efficiency work. A property with a roof in poor condition is not a candidate for insulation until that is dealt with, and saying so is part of the service.
Inspections are carried out from ground level, from within the roof space, and at height where safe access allows. Where a roof cannot be reached safely or practically, we can inspect by drone, which is often faster and cheaper than scaffolding or a tower for an inspection that does not need hands-on access.
Thermal imaging shows where heat is escaping a building, and where insulation is missing, wet or has never been there at all.
A thermal imaging camera records surface temperature. On a building that means you can see patterns the eye cannot: cold bridging, gaps in insulation, air leakage paths, and areas of moisture, all without opening anything up.
Before retrofit, it tells you what is actually in the wall rather than what the stock records say is in the wall. After retrofit, it is the quickest way to check that insulation went in as specified and that no new cold bridges were created.
It also works well alongside a damp and mould inspection, because a cold surface and a wet surface are different problems with different fixes, and thermal imaging helps separate the two.
Thermal imaging needs a meaningful temperature difference between inside and outside to show anything useful, so results are far better in colder months and poor in mid-summer. Direct sun on a wall before the survey will also mask what is underneath.
We will say when conditions are wrong rather than produce an image that looks impressive and means nothing.
Air permeability testing to demonstrate how much air escapes a building — required under Building Regulations Part L for most new dwellings.
An air pressure test — also called an air permeability or air tightness test — measures uncontrolled air leakage through the building envelope. A fan is used to pressurise the building and the air flow needed to hold that pressure is recorded.
The result is reported as air permeability in cubic metres per hour per square metre of envelope area at 50 pascals.
We are accredited through Elmhurst Energy. Testing is carried out to ATTMA Technical Standard L1 for dwellings and L2 for non-dwellings.
Where a test is being used to demonstrate Building Regulations compliance, we will confirm the scheme registration that applies to your project before any work is booked, so the result is accepted by Building Control first time.
Accurate drafting, design and rendering — practical, tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of your project.
Our CAD services combine experienced professionals with the latest technology to deliver accurate drafting, design and rendering across a wide range of sectors. We support clients with cost-effective solutions, efficient turnaround times and a reliable, detail-focused approach.
With experience across engineering, architecture and BIM environments, we work closely with clients to ensure drawings and designs meet both project requirements and industry standards — rather than needing rework later.
Our reputation has been built on quality, consistency and long-term client relationships, with organisations continuing to trust us for dependable CAD support.
These surveys answer related questions, and the answers inform each other. A roof in poor condition explains damp that would otherwise look like condensation. Thermal imaging separates a cold wall from a wet one. Airtightness and ventilation are two halves of the same question, which is why sealing a home without addressing how it breathes moves moisture around rather than removing it.
Commissioned together across a portfolio, they produce one consistent evidence base rather than several that disagree with each other.
Tell us the property or portfolio, what the data is for, and the timescale. We will tell you which of these you actually need — and which you do not.
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