Property Acquisition & Investment
Before you commit to a commercial building, you need to know what you’re actually buying — the defects, the repair bills, and the risks the sales particulars won’t mention. Our pre-acquisition surveys and reinstatement cost assessments give you that picture early, so it shapes your offer instead of arriving too late to use.
The moment to get this right is before you exchange. Once contracts are signed, every defect in the building becomes your problem and your cost — the seller’s disclosure obligations are limited, and “buyer beware” still governs commercial deals. Due diligence is how you move what you don’t know into what you do, while you still have room to negotiate on it.
Two questions sit behind most acquisitions: what is actually wrong with the building and what it will cost to put right, and whether it’s insured for what it would genuinely cost to rebuild. The first shapes your offer and your post-completion budget; the second protects you from being underinsured the day you complete. They are separate exercises, and we keep them separate so each is done properly.
The findings are only useful if they arrive in time to act on. Whether you’re acquiring a single unit or a portfolio, we scope the work to your deadline and report in a form you can take straight into negotiations — not a document filed after the decision is already made.
Find the service that fits your situation.
- You’re buying and need to know the building’s real condition — and what it’ll cost you after completion Pre-Acquisition Surveys
- You need to be sure the building is insured for what it would actually cost to rebuild Building Reinstatement Cost Assessments
Know the building before you commit.
Not sure which service fits?
Initial conversations are free. Five minutes with a chartered surveyor usually clarifies whether you need us — and which service fits.