With the ever rising cost of fuel many home owners and buyers are looking at ways to insulate their properties. In this blog I will look at one option that may look like a good way of saving some money but in reality may end up with you have to fork out much more than you might have anticipated – spray foam insulation.
If you are buying a property and thinking about adding in a Heat Pump, then you first step should always be having a Home Buyers Survey or Building Survey carried out. Firstly, this is because there are many defects that can impact the energy efficiency of a property. Secondly your surveyor should also be giving you useful information about the efficiency of the current heating system along with information about the levels of insulation present.
Traditionally a Surveyor would have to draw a site plan, a roof plan and probably a sketch of each elevation because before digital cameras there was no other way for them to record what they saw. Now I can record all this information with the click of a button, but this does not mean there is no longer any need for hand drawn sketches.
Most professional will of course argue that there is no way a computer can do their job to the same standard but the reality is that in many cases they can. Some experts are predicting that we could see a reduction in the number of bankers by up to 20% in just the next few years. There is already a “chat bot” providing immigration advice. Accountants could be next, so what about surveyors?