Kingsley Surveyors & Property Consultants

Kingsley Surveyors & Property Consultants, surveying and project management in Berkshire

Kingsley Surveyors & Property Consultants Ltd is an independent surveying and property consultancy practice based in Berkshire and working with property buyers and developers across the South East of England. The practice was set up by Martin Dennis, who describes himself as an Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and as affiliated with the Residential Property Surveyors Association (RPSA).

The firm presents itself as a single point of contact for two distinct needs: assessing a property before purchase and managing construction work once a project is under way. Its stated client base is residential buyers and developers.

Residential surveys for buyers and landlords

The surveying side of the business is aimed at people purchasing a home, whether a first property or a long-term one. The practice states that it can supply a detailed property survey intended to give the buyer a full understanding of the condition of the property they are considering.

Three survey formats are named on the site:

• Home Condition Survey
• Building Survey
• Specialist Buy-to-let Survey for landlords

According to the material, each of these is carried out by an RPSA-registered surveyor who is also described as an accredited RPSA member, a member of the Association for Project Management (APM) and a Chartered Professional of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Project and programme management

Beyond surveys, the practice offers construction project management, programme management and contract administration. The site states that its project management personnel are members of the Association of Project Management with more than twenty years of project management experience, and that they can manage a project from inception through to completion.

The scope described covers residential and commercial construction projects, including management of the full project lifecycle: inception, the construction phase, completion and any defect rectification process. The firm also refers to contract management alongside contract administration.

Professional affiliations behind the service

The site sets out the bodies its personnel belong to and what each represents. RICS is presented as a globally recognised professional body that promotes standards in the development and management of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure, with more than 134,000 qualified trainees and professionals and offices in major financial markets.

The CIOB is described as a professional body for construction management and leadership holding a Royal Charter to promote the science and practice of building and construction, active since 1834, with members working worldwide across the lifecycle of built assets.

The RPSA is presented as an organisation established in 2010 in response to a shortage of residential surveyors, many nearing retirement with few new entrants. Working with the Building Research Establishment (BRE) and Surveyors & Valuers Accreditation (Sava), it helped coordinate a vocational Diploma in Residential Surveying & Valuation. The APM is described as a chartered membership organisation representing the project profession.

Head office

The practice gives its head office and registered office as 8 Kingsley Path, Berkshire, SL2 2NS. The company is registered in England under company number 14411599.