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Ask Jeff - Biography on Jeff Howell
What does Jeff Howell do?
Jeff Howell, Sustainable housing not so sustainable
What is Jeff Howell's Background
Jeff Howell did indeed work on a building site
Jeff Howell retrained as a teacher, or should we say university lecturer?
Jeff Howell, the writing career begins
Lots of information about Jeff Howell
Jeff Howell is after all a practicing Chartered Building Surveyor and Chartered Builder – he qualified whilst working at London South Bank University - and is happy to take on personal appointments to help you in the following areas:-
Specific Defects Reports
Jeff Howell is one of the UK 's leading independent experts in the area of dampness diagnosis and control. His independent advice has saved clients thousands of pounds that would have otherwise been wasted on unnecessary and ineffective “damp-proofing” work.
Specific Defects Reports
Jeff Howell will visit and inspect your property and advise you of any specific problems and will offer a Specific Defects Report. We have below some examples of Specific Defects Reports:-
Sample surveys:
Party Walls
Jeff Howell is also an experienced Party Wall surveyor.
Here is some brief information regarding Party Walls
The Party Wall Act Etc 1996 Defined
This is a structure where both parties enjoy the use or benefit of it. An example of this would be where both parties gain support from a wall or utilise a chimney or chimneys.
Any works to party wall structures, such as party walls or party chimney stacks, require prior agreement under the Party Wall Act.
Please see following articles on party walls which may be of interest to you:
Party Wall Basics
Party Wall Who's Who
Party Wall Surveyors Being Unreasonable
Party Walls Look Like This
Jeff Howell of course has limited time due to other commitments and we will arrange another surveyor with your approval if he is not available.
Please see following relevant articles:
French Drains
Dampness in Buildings, The Basics
Dampness, a Different View
Damp Walls
Condensation and Cold Bridging
Independent building surveyors
If you truly do want an independent expert opinion from a surveyor with regard to building surveys, structural surveys, structural reports, engineers reports, specific defects report, dilapidations or any other property matters please contact via our website 1stAssociated.co.uk or telephone us on 0800 298 5424 for a surveyor to give you a call back. We hope you found the article of use and if you have any experiences that you feel should be added to this article that would benefit others, or you feel that some of the information that we have put is wrong then please do not hesitate to contact us (we are only human).
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