Batty France Ltd

Batty France Ltd is a chartered building consultancy and chartered surveyors firm based in Bradford. The firm originated in the late 1960s when Ted Batty and Colin France worked together and has been operating for over 50 years. In 2020, Batty France was incorporated as a limited company. It is led by Directors Ashley France and Adam Kenvyn. Its team includes Chartered Surveyors, Chartered Construction Managers, Project Managers, and specialist commercial and dispute professionals.

Batty France is regulated by the RICS. The firm operates across the UK and internationally, working on projects ranging from small one-off developments to multi-million-pound schemes. It provides services across sectors including commercial and industrial, residential and mixed-use, public sector and education, and leisure, hospitality, and retail. Its services span the full project lifecycle from initial advice and design through to delivery, dispute resolution, and expert witness work.

Responsiveness and thoroughness stand out as the qualities that clients of this Shipley-based land surveying practice return to again and again. Ashley and Adam Kenvyn are both singled out by name, with reviewers describing how quickly enquiries are answered and how readily the team makes itself available by email and on site. A handful of customers describe the reports as detailed and comprehensive, illustrated with extensive photography, including areas of a property that buyers had not themselves inspected.

The firm's expertise is a point that comes up often, particularly the way advice is tailored to the client's actual requirements rather than padded with unnecessary extras, which reviewers say helped keep costs under control. Speed of delivery is repeatedly praised, with one client noting a survey arranged at short notice and a full report returned within the promised timescale.

Commercial work is covered alongside residential surveys, including homebuyer reports and representation on behalf of a future tenant during a commercial build. Communication before and after the job, from the initial booking through to the final written recommendations, is described as clear, polite and proactive, with the whole team credited for making a potentially stressful process straightforward. Adam Kenvyn's willingness to examine every corner of a property and explain what action is needed leaves clients confident in the decisions they then take.