Level 2
Level 2 Homebuyer Survey
For a conventional house in reasonable condition. Traffic-light ratings, the problems that matter and what to do about them.
View Level 2Independent chartered surveyors · Sheffield
A straight answer about the property you’re buying.
Independent surveys and valuations across Sheffield, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, carried out and written by the same chartered surveyor. More than 30 years of local property experience.
Independent · Regulated by RICS · 30+ years’ local experience
30+ years
Local property experience
One surveyor
From inspection to final question
Independent
No national panel or call centre
RICS regulated
Professional standards
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Which survey do I need?
The right survey depends on the age, construction and condition of the property.
Level 2 + valuation
Level 2 Homebuyer Survey & Valuation
The Level 2 survey with an opinion of market value and rebuild cost added.
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Level 3 Building Survey
For older, larger, altered or stone-built properties. A detailed inspection with repair priorities.
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Specific Defect Survey
For one particular concern such as cracking, damp, movement or a bulging wall.
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Or call Nick and ask which survey suits your property.
One surveyor from first call to final question.
The practice is deliberately small. When you ring, you speak to me. When the inspection happens, I am the person standing in the property.
I inspect the property, write your report and remain available afterwards if you want to talk through anything I’ve found. Nothing is passed to a panel, and no one else picks up the file halfway through.
That also means I can say when a cheaper survey is the sensible one. The right survey for the property — not simply the most expensive one.
First-time buyer? You can talk through the findings afterwards, in plain language, for as long as it takes.
Local knowledge
Thirty years of Sheffield buildings.
Sheffield stone, Victorian terraces, gritstone cottages, back-to-backs, 1930s semis, heavily altered houses and Derbyshire rural stock all behave differently. So do the repairs that have been carried out on them over the last century.
Different buildings fail in different ways. Local experience helps put what I find into proportion — a hairline crack in a stone gable is not the same thing in a 1900 terrace as it is in a 1970s extension.
That judgement is the part of a survey you cannot get from a checklist, and it is why the same surveyor inspects and writes every report.
Valuations
Independent market valuations.
A RICS-compliant (Red Book) valuation gives a considered, independent opinion of market value — not an estate agent’s asking price.
Valuations of this kind are commonly required for:
- probate
- matrimonial matters
- shared ownership
- private sale between parties
From enquiry to report.
01
Tell me about the property
Call or send me the address.
02
I arrange the inspection
A date that fits your purchase timetable.
03
I inspect the property
A detailed professional inspection appropriate to the survey level you have chosen.
04
You receive the report
With the option to discuss the findings with me afterwards.
What buyers say
Rated 5.0 by our customers.
182 Google reviews from buyers and homeowners who have used Riddle & Co for surveys and valuations.
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182 Google reviews
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