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HomeBuyer Report (Survey): Description and Standard Terms of Engagement

HomeBuyer Report (Survey) Professional Statement, 1st edition

Condition Report: Sample report

The RICS Condition Report should be used for a conventional house, flat or bungalow built from common building materials and in reasonable condition.

Home Surveys: Maintenance Tips

Health and Safety for Residential Property Managers, 1st edition

This guidance note sets out practical guidance around the health and safety management of most types and configurations of residential properties.

Building Surveys and Technical Due Diligence of Commercial Property, 4th edition

Written to apply to England and Wales, though with relevance elsewhere, this note provides guidance for surveyors on conducting commercial and industrial property surveys.

Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment, 1st edition

This guidance mandates a whole life approach to reducing carbon emissions within the built environment.

Valuing Change, 1st edition

This guidance note summarises what is meant by ‘change’ and how it is valued under JCT, NEC and FIDIC forms of contract.

The Role of the Commercial Manager in Infrastructure, 1st edition

This RICS guidance note sets out how the role of the commercial manager is both expanding and deepening in the fast evolving field of infrastructure.

HomeBuyer Report (Survey & Valuation) Professional Statement, 5th edition

Quantity Surveyor Services

A form to be used with the RICS standard form of consultant's appointment and RICS Short form of consultant's appointment.

Appointing a Project Manager, 1st edition

Provides practical guidance to those involved in the commissioning or procurement of project management services, as well as RICS members undertaking the role of project manager in relation to building works contracts.

Home Surveys: Leasehold Properties Advice

Home Surveys: What to do now

Historic Building Conservation, 1st edition

Intended to embody best practice, this guidance note is essential reading for members practising or working on any traditionally constructed building or structure.

Boundaries: Procedures for Boundary Identification Demarcation and Dispute Resolution, 3rd edition

The physical extent of property ownership and rights of use are basic attributes of land and buildings and are capable of being evaluated by property professionals. Uncertainty of the extent of ownership and its associated rights ...

Service Charge Residential Management Code, 3rd edition

This Code, now in its third edition, has been approved by the Secretary of State and is effective from 1 June 2016. It applies only to residential leasehold properties in England but practitioners operating in other parts of the U...

Retention, 1st edition

Examines the general principles of retention, including areas such as law; reasons for introduction within a contract; levels of retention, and how amounts are deducted, certified or released.

Termination of Contract Corporate Recovery and Insolvency, 1st edition

Reviews termination of contract, corporate recovery and insolvency primarily from the perspective of a chartered surveyor with a commensurate level of specialism.

Valuing Residential Property Purpose Built for Renting, 1st edition

This guidance note aims to assist valuers in their approach to valuing residential blocks (both singularly and in portfolios) intended to be let at market rent for a defined minimum period. It is also hoped that it will assist use...