Fewer than 20% of flat owners seeking to carry out structural alterations fully understand that they may need two separate forms of consent before a single bric
Around one in five UK property purchases involves a defect serious enough to affect the sale price or cause the buyer to withdraw — yet the majority of buyers s
Survey problems are now the single largest cause of UK property deal collapses — accounting for 37.5% of all fall-throughs in Q1 2026 1. That figure alone shoul
Fewer than one in five chartered surveyors who attempt expert witness work ever build a sustainable practice from it. The gap between occasional instruction and
Nearly one in three party wall disputes in England and Wales escalates beyond informal agreement — and the single most common reason is the wrong surveyor being
Between 2,900 and 5,800 mid-rise residential buildings in England alone are estimated to require remediation for life-safety fire risks — and that figure covers
Over 40% of UK neighbour disputes that escalate to formal legal proceedings involve shared walls — yet most property owners have never heard of the UK Register
Nearly one in three property transactions in the UK that collapse before exchange do so because a survey reveals unexpected defects — defects that a buyer simpl
Nearly one in three property transactions in the UK that collapse before exchange do so because a survey reveals unexpected defects — defects that a buyer simpl
Nearly one in three property transactions in the UK that collapse before exchange do so because a survey reveals unexpected defects — defects that a buyer simpl
