STEVE BUTLER - NOTTINGHAM HOUSE AND PROPERTY SURVEYS - RICS CHARTERED SURVEYORS

Steve Butler qualified as an RICS Chartered Surveyor in 1992 and has practised in the East and West Midlands since 1993. He has over 30 years' experience surveying Nottingham property and has passed the Government Home Inspector examinations. He has qualified as a Commercial Energy Surveyor and become an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. The practice is RICS-regulated and bound by strict Rules of Conduct, with all Nottingham survey reports and valuations subject to RICS audit.

It does not pay or receive referral fees and provides independent, impartial property surveys with no links to estate agents, lenders or mortgage brokers. Steve Butler specialises in Homebuyers Surveys, Building and Structural Surveys, and valuation of residential and some commercial property for purchasers. The practice provides RICS Level 2 HomeBuyer Surveys and RICS Level 3 Building Surveys, plus Help to Buy valuations, property valuations for probate, matrimonial, insolvency and taxation purposes, expert witness reports, boundary dispute surveys and housing disrepair and HHSRS claims.

It provides expert witness reports for use in court, particularly regarding boundaries, small disputes with builders, and valuation matters such as probate, taxation, insolvency and matrimonial purposes. The practice serves Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, including Arnold, Beeston, Carlton, Long Eaton, Mapperley, Sandiacre, Stapleford, West Bridgford, Edwalton and Wollaton.

Steve Butler is described by clients as a surveyor who turns instructions around remarkably quickly, with inspections arranged at short notice and completed reports reaching inboxes within hours or by the next morning. The content of those reports draws consistent praise: a number of customers describe documents that were detailed, clear and straightforward to follow, providing everything required for a house purchase or, in one instance, a boundary dispute. A theme running through the feedback is the opportunity to discuss findings directly, whether on site during the inspection or afterwards by telephone, which helped clarify specific concerns.

Professionalism and efficiency are noted from the first exchange through to the finished paperwork, and the same courteous manner is remarked upon throughout the process. Buyers using Help to Buy schemes and first-time purchasers are among those who considered the service good value, while a defects report on a poorly installed roof illustrates the range of instructions handled. Property valuation and survey work sit at the core of the practice, and the recurring impression is of thoroughness combined with unusual speed.