Whatever your involvement with a property may be, you may be able to benefit from working with a ream of land surveyors. Most people don't think about calling in land surveyors unless they are buying a home, but there are lots of ways that a good team of land surveyors can help to resolve property issues for you. Here are three ways you could use land surveyors.
Is your neighbour encroaching on your land?
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A building survey is a detailed examination of the current structural condition of a house, the need for repairs, the presence of dangerous materials and environmental factors such as the state of the drainage system and any existing ecosystems on the property. Read the extract below to learn more about building surveying and why you should request a survey.
The Benefits of a Building Survey
Building surveys are conducted when you need to renovate a building or as part of the property buying process.
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Pile driving is the easiest and most effective way to get support posts for a structure into the ground. The process is a little challenging because when you are driving the piles, you will be dealing with an element of the unknown. Not being able to see the condition of the soil layers that you are driving the piles into can lead to complications. It is, therefore, advisable to let a professional piling contractor handle the driving.
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If you have concrete floors, you might notice that over time, they may start to change colour because of dirt. It is also not uncommon for concrete floors to get stained as a result of spills. Chipping from constant friction and impacts can also occur. How is this remedied? The answer is concrete polishing.
What Is Concrete Polishing?
This is the act of using concrete polishing equipment to clean, repair and smoothen concrete floors.
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If you're a dance teacher and are intending to use the home extension you going to build as a dance studio, you might want to read through the following tips.
Ensure the contractor incorporates a bathroom into the studio
If you're going to be teaching dance classes in the extension, then you must ensure that your builder creates a bathroom inside the studio space. Aside from using the toilet facilities, students may need to pop into one of your property's bathrooms to get changed before or after their dance class or to splash some cool water on their face if they get overheated after dancing for a long time.
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