“The original form was fairly easy to fill in. Having submitted the details, I got a prompt reply and a call from an assessor very promptly. This review has been requested so soon that I cannot yet comment on the survey itself.”
“The property I’m looking at is in County Durham; I put its postcode into the Local Surveyors Direct website. But I note that almost all responses I’ve received (bar one so far) come from the south west UK.
I happen to live in Hampshire, I’m not sure if the web site has used my home address to select surveyors? It seems a dreadful waste of my time and the various surveyors who have emailed me if the website is using my home address for link them to my requirement; many people move house (and require a survey) to another part of the country.”
Hi Peter - Thanks for your comments. The website uses the postcode of the property you require the survey on - not your home address. We do have some Surveyors who cover the whole of the country, and if there are less than 8 local Surveyors in the area required, it will also give you the details of these National Firms. If Surveyors are listed under a postcode area -it is because they have chosen to be listed in that area, and so even if they may not be located very close to you- they will still be happy to give you a quote and carry out any work required. Hope that helps to clarify things.
Hi Annette. Thanks for your comment. I am sorry to hear that you only had one reply to your request. We do encourage our all of Suppliers to contact people who request estimates - but we have found that sometimes they are worried that they will be intruding and so wait for you to call them! I would really recommend that you give some of them a call as I am sure they will be only too happy to help.
“Stumbled across the site by accident. Received a range of quotes & the phone started ringing in seconds. Didn't realise that the providers received the info that I entered. Anyway I ended up using one of the more expensive provider as he offered to undercut the cheapest quote.”
“I made the web enquiry at 10AM. Within minutes I had two phone calls. I accepted the first offer which was a competitive price compared to others on the web and the supplier arrived to complete the EPC 2 hours later.
I received a printed invoice at the time of inspection and received the e-mailed EPC certificate by approximately 6PM that day.
Excellent service and saved myself 50% of the fee proposed by my solar energy supplier.
Excellent overall service.”
“I entered my postcode which is Cobham, Surrey, and I received 5 names of companies based in London, Walton on Thames, Wokingham, Richmond & Winchester.
There are 100's of architects in the Elmbridge borough yet your site does not list 1
Poor website - won't use or recommend.
Henry - 07810692281”
Hi - I am sorry we were not able to provide more local Architects for you on this occasion. We are constantly updating the Suppliers we have listed, so hopefully this problem will not keep happening.
“I did find the numbers of surveyors impressive, a couple had gone out of business or relocated but the remaining ones I called were helpful and I have now selected one company who will be here next week to survey the dimensions of my property.”
