by Dave Edwards | Jan 24, 2017 | News
Japanese Knotweed was considered ‘a capital plant for the small town garden’ back in the 19th Century. Today you can be fined up to £2,500 for not preventing the spread of this invasive plant. RDEFA have ‘no plans’ to eradicate the plant due to the ‘prohibitively...
by Dave Edwards | Jan 18, 2017 | Education, News
Our latest NESCOT project to receive Epsom & Ewell Borough Council approval is the re-development of the site’s parking facilities & main entrance. As the first impression for new visitors & returning students, this phase really helps to finish off...
by Dave Edwards | Jan 9, 2017 | Insurance, News
Fire damage reinstatement work is well under way at a property in Bookham, Surrey that we surveyed back in July. At the time we wrote about the unusual formation of ‘smoke webs’ when we carried out an initial insurance claim survey of the house. As part of...
by Dave Edwards | Dec 12, 2016 | News
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Chawton Hill! It has been a busy and exciting year, so we thought we would take a look back at 2016; Attending the ISBA conference in March for the first time in 5 years was a great success & we are delighted...
by Dave Edwards | Dec 7, 2016 | News
MEES regulations are now just 15 months away, coming into effect in April 2018. From that date it will be unlawful for a landlord to let commercial property with an EPC rating of F or G, unless an exemption applies. Two years later the regulations will apply to all...