N J Lewis & Associates Limited

A Surveying Practice based in Sidcup, Kent, N J Lewis & Associates is ideally located to work with National Housing Associations, Developers and Individuals based in London and the South East.

Managing Director Nick Lewis believes in a straightforward approach:
"We pride ourselves on talking layman's language, there's no need to confuse people in an already technical industry. Our clients value our friendly approach, and they still get a first class service."

This highly recommended, professional firm of Chartered Surveyors will help reduce your property problems, costs and missed deadlines, and offer the following services:

Party Wall
Government legislation concerned with walls and structures in shared ownership, and construction close to an existing property, may be a consideration if building work physically affects the party structure between two properties, or if excavation is planned within certain proximities to an adjoining owner's property.

Nicholas Lewis is a member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors, and can assist you in serving the appropriate Notices required, whilst looking after your interests in potentially delicate negotiations with your neighbours.

Surveys
A survey diminishes the risk of wasting money on a property that could effectively cost you more than the profit it will deliver. Prepared by an independent surveyor, a survey can safeguard you against making the wrong purchase.

N J Lewis & Associates utilise their skill, experience, insight and practiced judgement to provide a Homebuyers survey, Full survey, or Specific survey, resulting in a detailed and fully costed report, including details of repairs needed and new proposals for extensions and additions to the property.

Architectural Design
Using a mixture of flair, knowledge and experience, drawings created by CAD (computer aided design) technology, and a thorough understanding of construction, N J Lewis & Associates provide you with a proposal that fulfils its purpose in a cost-effective, achievable and professional manner.

Planning Applications
Planning permission can be a difficult area to negotiate. N J Lewis & Associates can provide all the professional help you need to make an application with the best chance of success - and which fulfils all of your own requirements at the same time.

Building Regulations
The Local Authority's Building Control Department must be satisfied that your proposals can be built safely and in line with the latest published Building Regulations.
The Regulations are technical documents, and N J Lewis & Associates have the expertise to write the accurate response they require. Once you have obtained the approval, these notes also enable your contractor to estimate and carry out the work.

Specifications
Prior to awarding a contract to build your proposals, N J Lewis & Associates can prepare detailed specifications laying down the materials and style, and how the works are to be carried out, giving you a degree of control over the contract. Valuations can then be based on items of a known price, and the contractor knows the standard of finish you expect for each element of the building.

Contract Management
N J Lewis & Associates can handle the day-to-day business of working with the contractor to carry out your plans, including: Preparing the specifications, inviting several approved contractors to tender for the project, preparing a contract, making regular visits during the work to inspect the quality of the work, issuing certificates to control the flow of monies as each stage is completed, doing final inspections at the end of the contract, and making lists of any remaining snags for the contractor to put right before completion.Although this may increase the overall cost by approximately 10%, it saves you time, effort and worry.

Health and Safety
Why should you care about Health and Safety?
You are legally responsible for Health and Safety on your project, under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007. Just what those obligations are depends on the type of building project you are planning.

Do you feel secure about meeting your Health and Safety obligations?
N J Lewis & Associates provide the right advice, so that everyone involved with your project will meet all the Regulations without getting tangled up in red tape - and your bottom line will benefit, too.

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