After a single company career with a well known and respected firm of Surveyors and Estate Agents based in Leeds, Sykes Residential Surveys was formed in 1998 by Mark Sykes (FRICS), now a sole practitioner working from a home/office in Huddersfield, but still operating mainly in Leeds and Huddersfield.
Services Offered
Valuations: Formal, professional valuations of property can be provided for a number of purposes, including Market Valuations, Mortgage, Secured loan, Equity release/purchase, Probate, Insurance and Tax valuations etc and, although they are not and should never be mistaken for a survey, matters which may 'materially affect value' have to be taken into consideration; These 'matters' would, of course, include significant defects.
The Homebuyer Survey and Valuation: Although the Homebuyer Survey and Valuation is an 'economy' report, it is a thorough and comprehensive survey designed specifically to assist you, the prospective purchaser,
- To make a reasoned and informed judgement on whether or not to proceed with the purchase
- To assess at what price it would be reasonable to purchase the property
- To be clear what decisions and actions should be taken before contracts are exchanged
The general condition of the property, focusing on matters which the surveyor judges to be urgent and/or significant, is, therefore, fully covered, together with any particular features which affect its present value or may affect its future saleability.
Pre-Sale Surveys: A Government survey has shown that around 1 in every 4 sales (actually 28%) fall through and, of those, a massive 43% are due to problems coming to light in the survey or valuation. If these problems had been discovered before the property was marketed, they could have been factored into the negotiations/sale price - problem solved. Not only that, but any negotiating advantage a prospective purchaser may have gained from an adverse survey/valuation would evaporate.
Sykes Residential Surveys – Providing House Surveys in West Yorkshire