Callum joined us in 2020 as an Assistant Surveyor after enrolling on the SAVA Diploma in Residential Surveying and Valuation. He worked predominantly on Party Wall matters and became qualified as a member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors in May 2022.
Callum also assisted on Home Surveys and Valuations during his time as an Assistant before completing the SAVA Diploma and joining the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors at the end of 2023 with AssocRICS status. He now acts as a surveyor on these job types and is keen to expand his knowledge and practice into housing disrepair in 2024 and beyond.
Outside of work he spends time focussing on his studies and occasionally watching sports such as boxing and football.
This is a follow up to a post I uploaded last week analysing the main concerns expressed by adjoining owners who have recently received a party wall notice and how far party wall surveyors can go in alleviating those concerns. It is well established that the role of a surveyor appointed under the Act is a quasi-judicial one ... Read More >>
Section 7(1) of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is clear, adjoining owners and occupiers should not suffer unnecessary inconvenience as a result of works falling within its scope. The skill of a party wall surveyor is in defining that “unnecessary” qualifier in the clause. Building owners must be free to exercise the rights ... Read More >>
While party wall surveyors do not have the jurisdiction to determine boundaries, we are sometimes required to authorise works which interact with a boundary. We therefore need to have a good understanding of how boundaries are determined and an awareness of when disputes do and do not prevent us from completing the task that we ... Read More >>