The role of a Sloane International Developments property surveyor, also known as a building surveyor, land surveyor or chartered surveyor, is to provide expert advice in regards to costs in construction projects, as well as in repairs and renovations. These highly skilled individuals may find work within architecture and engineering firms, as well as with property management companies and public organisations and work closely with construction managers, engineers and architects.
Successful surveyors must have strong mathematical and communication skills and should have a bachelor’s degree in the field. One should also be accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or the Association of Building Engineers (ABE), the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) or Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Persons working as a chartered surveyor see average salaries of about £37,500 per year, though salaries range from around £30,000 per year to in excess of £40,000 per year. Graduate surveyors will typically attract junior-level salaries of between £15,000 and £22,000 per annum.
Successful surveyors must have strong mathematical and communication skills and should have a bachelor’s degree in the field. One should also be accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or the Association of Building Engineers (ABE), the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) or Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Persons working as a chartered surveyor see average salaries of about £37,500 per year, though salaries range from around £30,000 per year to in excess of £40,000 per year. Graduate surveyors will typically attract junior-level salaries of between £15,000 and £22,000 per annum.
"Sloane International Development consists of a multi-million pound corporat body made up of a number of subsidiary companies.Sloane Developments has proven expertise and past success in property development in the UK and the middle east.Our real estate agent network has now grown to over 250 offices operating in all capital cities, major regional and rural centres across the country. We have an extensive team of experienced, professional real estate agents throughout Australia who are committed to providing an outstanding real estate service for our clients. Through this team we can provide knowledge and experience covering many areas of Real Estate.Sloane International Development made a high quality and quality assurance residential or commercial properties which you can also check it out from our portfolio. The best we can say that We Build You Live".
The UK housing market remains weak. But with the UK economy on the edge of another recession, the surprise is that the housing market has not fallen more. And central London is booming.
UKhouse prices dropped 0.05% (-2.76% inflation-adjusted) during the year to end-February 2013, to an average of £162,638 (US$246,416), according to Nationwide. Since the end of 2008, UK house prices have either fallen, or increased minimally.
But the national figures conceal wide regional house price disparities. London prices have soared in recent years, and continue rising. The wealthier Southeast of England is doing well while the North and North West are in a mess.
From 2009 to 2012, London house prices rose by 8%, based on figures fromHalifax. It was followed by South East (5%), East Angalia (4%), South West (2%) and East Midlands (1%). On the other hand, Northern Scotland registered the biggest drop of 28% over the same period. Other regions which saw house price falls include Scotland (-10%), North West (-5%), North (-4%), Yorkshire and the Humber (-3%), Wales (-1%), and West Midlands (-1%).
Our Advice Sheets
Information for estate agents - property descriptions
There is legislation that controls property developers as well as estate agents, creates criminal offences for making certain false or misleading statements. Also, there are Regulations that prohibit omitting material information from consumers, if that omission could cause the consumer to make a different decision.
Care should be taken when using general descriptions relating to location, environment, photographs, measurements, parking and pricing. General disclaimers in small print, telling buyers not to rely on details, won't be effective in preventing offences. This also applies to information provided on your website.
The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991, which controls property developers as well as estate agents, creates criminal offences for making false or misleading statements about any of the matters in the Property Misdescriptions (Specified Matters) Order 1992. You do not have to refer to any item in the Order, but if you do, your description of it must be truthful.
While there was no general requirement under the Act to disclose information to consumers, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 prohibit omitting material information to consumers if that omission could cause the consumer to take a different decision. Material information is defined as 'information which the average consumer needs, according to the context, to take an informed transactional decision'.
Things you say verbally about the property will be covered, as well as the printed word, photos, plans, models, websites, etc.
The Act does not prevent you from acting in vendors' interests by presenting property in the best light, provided what you say, or do, does not mislead the purchaser or the vendor.
Recommended practices
Ask vendors to sign a document confirming particulars are correct before you market a property. Give them a chance to amend anything that is wrong. This won't protect you if you print a misdescription you could have reasonably checked out for yourself, but it will minimise the risk.
Ask vendors to sign a document confirming particulars are correct before you market a property. Give them a chance to amend anything that is wrong. This won't protect you if you print a misdescription you could have reasonably checked out for yourself, but it will minimise the risk.
Think about all the descriptive phrases you use and ask yourself what they will mean to an average purchaser.
Make it somebody's task to proofread particulars and sign to say they have done so.
When you get enquiries about a property, ensure the person who prepared the details answers the questions, and keep a record of what is said on file. You won't be held responsible for what vendors tell purchasers in your absence unless you knew what they were going to say, but remember that purchasers may forget who told them what.
Check everything you can. Ask to see receipts and guarantees for work carried out. Call to check council tax bands. Ask for evidence of sales and turnover if you want to describe the success of a business property.
Set up a process to ensure that your staff are adequately trained and that their work is regularly checked. You should consider random double-checking of property details against the property itself during this auditing process. Any deficiencies can then be dealt with by issuing corrected particulars and retraining where necessary. You should keep records of training and checks made.
Generaldescriptions
Terms such as 'immaculate condition' or 'recently decorated' are not banned by the Act, but these terms will be taken to refer to the entire property unless otherwise stated. If there are any particularly attractive features, your client will obviously expect you to use them as selling points but they should not be emphasised to the exclusion of bad features if the overall result is a misleading description.
Terms such as 'immaculate condition' or 'recently decorated' are not banned by the Act, but these terms will be taken to refer to the entire property unless otherwise stated. If there are any particularly attractive features, your client will obviously expect you to use them as selling points but they should not be emphasised to the exclusion of bad features if the overall result is a misleading description.
Location
Don't stretch popular and desirable areas too far - use the correct postal address. If a house is in one county geographically, but its postal address is in a neighbouring county, you should include both with equal prominence.
Don't stretch popular and desirable areas too far - use the correct postal address. If a house is in one county geographically, but its postal address is in a neighbouring county, you should include both with equal prominence.
Comments concerning the proximity of properties to local services should be used with care. Terms such as 'close' or 'easy access' are best avoided, as are estimates of journey times. A statement of the actual distance is more accurate - for example, three miles to junction 34 of the M4.
Environment
If a house has open fields on three sides and an abattoir or nightclub on the fourth, the safest option is not to refer to the outlook. If you said that it was surrounded by views across open fields, you would mislead unless you made equal reference to the view on the fourth side. If you use a photograph of the back or the side of a property on its own, you should make that fact clear.
If a house has open fields on three sides and an abattoir or nightclub on the fourth, the safest option is not to refer to the outlook. If you said that it was surrounded by views across open fields, you would mislead unless you made equal reference to the view on the fourth side. If you use a photograph of the back or the side of a property on its own, you should make that fact clear.
Photographs
A photograph can be misleading. Do not doctor photos or use extreme lenses. If you take a photo of the view from a bedroom window, but cannot include the rubbish dump, don't say 'panoramic views' or 'unspoilt countryside'.
A photograph can be misleading. Do not doctor photos or use extreme lenses. If you take a photo of the view from a bedroom window, but cannot include the rubbish dump, don't say 'panoramic views' or 'unspoilt countryside'.
Measurements
You should try to make measurements as accurate as you can. Sonic measures (such as tape measures) are not specifically banned, but, as with any measuring instruments, they should be calibrated every 12 months and used with great care. Laser measures appear to be easier to use and less likely to give misleading readings, but should still be checked on a regular basis against a known distance.
You should try to make measurements as accurate as you can. Sonic measures (such as tape measures) are not specifically banned, but, as with any measuring instruments, they should be calibrated every 12 months and used with great care. Laser measures appear to be easier to use and less likely to give misleading readings, but should still be checked on a regular basis against a known distance.
Be careful with gardens, where large length or area measurements can be involved.
'New instructions'
You may advertise a property as a 'new instruction' to your agency for only a short period (we would suggest a month) after you have been asked to become the vendor's agent. This applies even if the property has been advertised previously with another agency.
You may advertise a property as a 'new instruction' to your agency for only a short period (we would suggest a month) after you have been asked to become the vendor's agent. This applies even if the property has been advertised previously with another agency.
Pricing
The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 covers the pricing of all properties and you must be careful not to mislead consumers with regard to the previous price of a property if you are claiming a reduction in price. The Pricing Practices Guide published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) gives guidance as to how price reductions can be advertised.
The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 covers the pricing of all properties and you must be careful not to mislead consumers with regard to the previous price of a property if you are claiming a reduction in price. The Pricing Practices Guide published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) gives guidance as to how price reductions can be advertised.
You should also be aware that the Regulations ban a trader from passing on materially inaccurate information about market conditions with the intention of getting the consumer to make a purchase at less than normal conditions (for example, an agent telling a consumer that he has sold several properties in the same area, just like the one the consumer is viewing, at a certain price, in order to get the consumer to buy at an inflated price, if this information is not true).
Pricing of newly built and newly converted properties is not covered by the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991, but pricing of second hand and commercial properties is a 'specified matter' and as such, any statement must not be misleading. We would advise you to follow the Pricing Practices Guide mentioned above for this as well, to ensure that you do not mislead anyone.
Of course, you can change the price at any time and not claim a 'reduction' (but make sure all copies and methods of advertising a property are changed at the same time).
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