A schedule you can price
Every window numbered, with its condition, its urgency and the work required set out part by part rather than as a general description.
For contractors
Pre-tender window surveys for contractors
Specialist assessment of the windows and doors on your project, giving you scope certainty before you price, from a schedule you can cost directly.
When the timber windows and doors are the part of a project that needs specialist eyes, a pre-tender window survey gives you a numbered schedule of every opening, its condition and what it needs, so you can price it and build it with confidence. Where the client needs consent, the same report supports the application.
The situation
Why commission a pre-tender window survey?
A pre-tender window survey gives you a schedule you can price from. Windows are where provisional sums most often go wrong, because a building survey that says the windows are in fair condition tells you nothing you can cost, and the variations that follow end up being argued after the contract is signed rather than before.
A window-by-window record removes that uncertainty. Where a box frame is sound and only the sashes need work, the schedule says so, and the price can reflect it.
What we do
What you get from us
Component-level findings
The box, the sashes, the sill, the glazing bars, the cords and weights and the glass each assessed separately, because they are rarely in the same condition.
Consent-ready wording
Where the client needs listed building consent, the same report carries the evidence the application will be judged on.
Relevant services
Questions
Common questions
How quickly can you turn a survey around?
It depends on the number of windows and how easily they can be reached. Tell us about the site and your deadline and we will put the date and the fee in writing within one working day.
Can you survey before we have possession?
Often, yes, by arrangement with the client or the agent, and we have surveyed inactive sites and buildings part way through refurbishment.
Do you price the works?
No, we survey and report rather than carry out the work. If the client would like a quote for the work afterwards, that can be arranged separately through the right business in The Barnsbury Group, and only if they ask.
Can you survey at height?
Yes. Where windows cannot be reached safely from inside or from ground level, we survey them by other means, including drone survey and moisture metering.
Will the report stand up if the client questions the scope?
Yes, that is what it is for. Every recommendation is tied to a numbered window, a photograph and a stated reason.
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- Heritage Window Consultants Ltd
- Address
- London N1
- Enquiries
- 020 7164 6305