Howe Surveyors Ltd

Howe Surveyors Ltd Hello and welcome to my page, hopefully I'll be able to assist you in making the right decision in purchasing a property, or aid you with a Red Book Valuation.

Are you selling a property at the moment or about to list your property on the market? What is the biggest worry when ma...
18/09/2026

Are you selling a property at the moment or about to list your property on the market? What is the biggest worry when marketing your home? Will it sell quickly and for the price you hope to achieve? Will a buyer's surveyor highlights issues that might impact on the sale or the value of the property?

If it is either of the above, or both, then it would be worth considering having a seller condition survey which will tell you about the current condition of your property including giving advice on typical repairs so that you may instruct the relevant contractors to provide repairs, or you can take this into account and market the property at a price that reflects the propertys actual condition. By having a seller condition survey this will then mean that you know what/ if any issues are present, and these don't then result in unpleasant surprises that could cause complications and price adjustments further down the line during the conveyancing process as a result of a buyers survey.

By having a seller condition survey this can also benefit estate agents as they will be in full light of the condition of the property so will be fully aware when the property is sold and a buyer instructs a surveyor to inspect the property.

Please do get in touch if you would like to talk about how a seller's condition survey could be beneficial to you prior to marketing or during the marketing of your property.







There's a few things to report on from today's inspection. Copper pipes embedded in walls without protection to prevent ...
14/09/2026

There's a few things to report on from today's inspection. Copper pipes embedded in walls without protection to prevent contact with cement and other materials which can be damaging and is suspected to be resulting in pin holes and leaks. Plumber needs to check the system by pressure testing and repair/ replace as necessary.

Render is applied to the external walls, high ground levels, leaking gutters, poor ventilation in the property and potentially plaster in contact with solid concrete floors with no damp proof membrane so the plaster and joinery is damp and damaged as a result.

Lot to unpack, but everything can be fixed, just needs to be determined who is going to foot the bill.

If you need a Level 2 or 3 Home survey, please do get in touch.








Yeah, I think it's safe to say that expanding foam and cement pointing might not fix that! Little bit of movement going ...
21/08/2026

Yeah, I think it's safe to say that expanding foam and cement pointing might not fix that!

Little bit of movement going on.....

Moss growth, pretty normal to see on roofs, I'm certain that we can agree on that. Would there be any reason why the mos...
18/08/2026

Moss growth, pretty normal to see on roofs, I'm certain that we can agree on that.

Would there be any reason why the moss shouldn't be removed in the usual way of scraping the moss from the roof, on this roof?

Answers not on a postcard, just for curiosity purposes and to see what anyone's thoughts are.

Please do get in touch if you want a pre-purchase survey providing by an unbiased and fully independent surveyor with hands-on practical building knowledge. I will advise on issues such as this and more, and also impart as much of my building knowledge including maintenance advice to any client that instructs us to provide either a Level 2 or 3 survey.



Safe to say that this is broken! The care taken on new build sites knows no bounds when it comes to setting a low bar, h...
29/07/2026

Safe to say that this is broken! The care taken on new build sites knows no bounds when it comes to setting a low bar, handling of materials, use of materials, quality of workmanship issues, and a general lack of care in a lot of cases.

Give the trades time to do the job properly and guess what, the quality will improve, rush them and put pressure on them and don't be surprised if corners are cut and standards slip, it really isn't rocket science.

This truss and the one next to it has been damaged in transit or during the truss being installed and is now compromised. Bracing will be required to prevent potential failure occurring. This was spotted during a snagging survey, client advised and the developer will now have to address this.

Just a typical clay 9 x 3" air brick, nothing exciting but incredibly important for a timber suspended floor, you need t...
10/07/2026

Just a typical clay 9 x 3" air brick, nothing exciting but incredibly important for a timber suspended floor, you need these to prevent damage occurring to your floor. There needs to be an adequate number of air bricks, and despite comments from a builder who recently suggested that this isn't required, these need to be provided to two opposing elevations as a minimum as per recommendations in BS5250.

With this property which has a suspended timber floor construction and is unfortunately not provided with a sufficient number of air bricks due to being altered, this is further compounded by what appears to be retrospective cavity wall insulation blocking the ventilation. This will result in a lack of ventilation which will increase ground moisture related condensation within the timbers and could place them at risk of fungal decay or insect attack and ultimately failure of the suspended timber floor!

The timber floor therefore needs to be investigated to check condition, and if salvageable then the void better ventilated. If the timbers are too heavily damaged then it's a new floor structure so kitchen out and refitted once the floor has been replaced which will be expensive!

Another example of where the installation of retrospective insulation can cause issues.






Flaking and mouldy paint, this tells me that the air extraction ventilation isn't working very well! The fan appears to ...
03/07/2026

Flaking and mouldy paint, this tells me that the air extraction ventilation isn't working very well! The fan appears to be functional, the windows are open and yet, something clearly isn't well.

In this case the fan air extraction rates will need to be checked, and if necessary the fan replaced.

We exhale moisture all the time we're in our homes, we create moisture when boiling kettles for the ever important cup of tea or heating the water for a much needed cup of coffee, also whilst bathing, cooking and showering. All this moisture needs to be extracted otherwise paint peels and mould grows. Kind of the simple explanation of why, and then we need to deal with the how to address it. Each home is different so each property requires different approaches to sort the moisture out.





Well, that doesn't look quite right! Saw this today and this highlights why even basic maintenance tasks need to be done...
26/06/2026

Well, that doesn't look quite right!

Saw this today and this highlights why even basic maintenance tasks need to be done right otherwise, water can be damaging.

We're told to follow the trail when we see a defect on an inspection, and whilst it cannot be completely determined where the water is coming from without drilling holes and taking samples from the walls to check if the dampness is to the core of a wall to show that the water is from the ground or outside, or if no dampness recorded to the sample then it's condensation related.

This particular issue needs to be addressed by a couple of things being provided, one of which is free and simple, and the other has a relatively minor cost.

Does anyone want to hazard a guess what one or both solutions might be?

So, thoughts as to what's happened here? Valley damage that could lead to rot of the fascia boards and rafter ends unles...
02/06/2026

So, thoughts as to what's happened here?

Valley damage that could lead to rot of the fascia boards and rafter ends unless repaired pretty quickly. Repairs will need to involve lead welding (hazardous fumes) or patch in new lead to provide continuity of the lead valley to the gutters. Either way, it'll have a cost to fix, and if patching in new lead will be more disruptive as the valley tiles will need to re-pointed which will involve more work and increase costs.

Either way, not great.

No words.....Sorry, that's a lie! Guess that the contractor thought that the PVC DPC was compromised, or they didn't see...
15/05/2026

No words.....

Sorry, that's a lie! Guess that the contractor thought that the PVC DPC was compromised, or they didn't see the PVC DPC... DP see......🤦🏼

Wondering if the property you are buying has an adequate DPC provided to the walls as built, or a retrospective chemical DPC? We can check for you, equally we can see if the current DPC is present and appears to be working, or if there are possibly damp issues affecting the property.

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Bedale
DL82LB

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