Expertise
Martin is an experienced senior building surveyor with over 25 years of surveying and project management within the commercial and residential property sector. He advises property owners and insurer clients on all building surveying disciplines including contract administration, defect diagnosis, party wall, planned maintenance, licences to alter, reinstatement, development and refurbishment work.
How do you help clients?
I find it hugely rewarding helping and advising clients whilst managing the reinstatement of their property following complex major fire of flood damage that they have sadly experienced. I take great pride in ensuring high levels of detail are achieved in the finish, whilst ensuring client care throughout the process.
Experience
- Design and contract administration for a fire reinstatement to a large, semi-detached Grade II listed property in Maidstone following an electrical fire within the kitchen that caused localised fire damage within the affected room and extensive smoke damage throughout the remainder of the property. Working with our architectural and engineering teams, the client and their broker we undertook full design and contract administration role which involved extensive enabling works allowing the client to remain living in an unaffected annex to the main house. Contract value £630,000 + vat.
- Design and contract administration following an escape of water from frozen pipes within the roof space to a large, 4-bedroomed detached house in Camberley that caused extensive damage throughout the property. Working with insurers appointed drying contractor, the client and their insurer, we undertook a full design and contract administration project with the client moving home almost 12 months to the day from the fire. Contract value £270,000 + vat.
- Led a team of surveyors undertaking Schedules of Conditions of circa 175 apartments ranging in size from 1 to four bedrooms that had been decanted under emergency powers following identification of significant fire and structural safety issues to two blocks of flats in Hampshire. The purpose of the surveys was to accurately record the condition of the apartments prior to construction works being undertaken by the developer to rectify the defects.
- Design and contract administration for fire reinstatement to six affected flats plus communal areas to within the Grade I listed property in Brighton following a significant fire to within the top floor flat. Working with our architectural and engineering teams, the client and their broker we undertook full design and contract administration role which involved liaison with the local authority conservation officer to ensure works were implemented with their approval. Contract value £600,000 + vat.
- Design and contract administration for fire reinstatement of a Grade II listed 17th century thatched cottage near Canterbury. The property had suffered extensive fire and structural damage to the entire property. Working with our architectural and engineering teams, the client and their insurer we undertook full design and contract administration role which involved liaison with the local authority conservation officer to ensure works were implemented with their approval. Contract value £450,000 + vat.
- Deliver planned maintenance programmes to shopping centres, offices and mixed-use developments for pension fund clients, across the southern region.
- Undertaking defect investigation on building defects and providing the client with advice on remedial repairs to be implemented.