Buildings Restoration of Wales - making a future for the past
Welcome to Gary Cooper Associates
Traditional & Historic Building Consultants
Architectural Drawings & Design
We have over 30 years experience in looking after and supervising the renovation of historic and tradition buildings in West Wales. In that time we have worked on over 100 projects - and our passion is see that the conservation work is completed to the highest possible standard and sympathetic to the age of the property.
"Out-house or Georgian town house - we do it right!
RICS Homebuyers Report
What is a RICS HomeBuyer Report?
A RICS HomeBuyer Report carried out by Gary Cooper Associates will give you detailed information on the condition of your property and advice to your Solicitor.
The purchase of a home is usually the single most expensive purchase an individual will ever make. The buying of a property however can be fraught with all kinds of serious difficulties: subsidence, dry rot, damp, unsafe alterations to the fabric of the building. How is the average person to spot these potentially disastrous problems when looking to buy a house? Most people rely on a Building Society Survey but few realise the limited value of these surveys designed specifically to protect the investment of the lender not you the borrower!
Asbestos Surveys
The Legal Duty To Manage Asbestos
There is much confusion regarding the control of asbestos in non-domestic properties. This is not helped either since the Health and Safety Executive Have changed the way asbestos surveys are to be conducted. Previously there were 3 types of surveys possible known as a Type 1 Survey, a Type 2 survey, and a Type 3 survey. These have now been replaced with just Two surveys. Now under the new regulations either a ‘Management’ survey is conducted, or a more intrusive ‘Refurbishment/Demolition Survey’(more information below).
RICS Condition Report
What is a RICS Condition Report?
This is your report, prepared independently for you and not your Lender.
The RICS Condition Report is a survey report which includes an inspection of your home, and there is also a section which provides you with advice for your Solicitors and a clear summary of the key risks associated with the purchase.
A most valuable addition to our product range is the RICS Condition Report. Mortgage Valuations are not the same as surveys.