Thames Valley Surveying Limited

Chartered Building Surveyors

Contact details
Ed Layton
Director

Greenbank, London Road Campus, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AQ
T: 01189 869 531
M: 07795 120 863
E: ed@thamesvalleysurveying.co.uk
W: www.thamesvalleysurveying.co.uk

Regions covered: South East

Profile summary
We are a professional firm of Chartered Building Surveyors offering a range of property and construction services. We also employ an Architect and can carry out design and specification services.

We are regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. We have carried out a number of projects for Almshouses, including the design and management of window renewals to a Listed Almshouse.

Our core services include: –

  • Defect inspections.
  • Preparation of planned maintenance programmes.
  • Design and management of building works, alterations and refurbishments.
  • Project management.
  • Reinstatement cost assessments for insurance purposes.
  • Development monitoring and Employer Agent services for new builds and extensions.

Our experience includes work on historic Listed buildings as well as modern buildings.  One of our Directors is a Trustee of a small Almshouse Charity in Newbury.

Terrace Surveyors Ltd

Chartered Building Surveyors & Built Heritage Consultants

Contact Details
Richard Gilmore MRICS
Director

Suite 6, 37a Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2NX
T: 01285840743
M: 07930527007
E: richard@terracesurveyors.co.uk
W: www.terracesurveyors.co.uk

Regions covered: Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Berkshire, London

About Terrace Surveyors Ltd

Terrace is a Gloucestershire-based Surveying and Built Heritage Consultancy offering residential and commercial building surveying and project management services across the Cotswolds, neighbouring counties and southern England.

Specialising in listed and traditional buildings, we routinely work with almshouse charities and trusts, providing expert advice on:

  • statutory consents
  • planning
  • maintenance
  • defect diagnosis, including damp surveys, quinquennial inspections
  • advise on matters of energy upgrades and retro-fit.

Our team is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and we have collaborated with Historic England and other heritage organisations on conservation and refurbishment projects, including highly designated assets and scheduled monuments. Past and current projects include:

  • structural repairs and implementing a Conservation Management Plan for the St John’s Chantry medieval hall-hospital, Cirencester.
  • advising the Bowly Almshouse Trust in relation to individual property refurbishments and gaining statutory approvals for works
  • undertaking a Quinquennial inspection of the St Lawrence Almshouse Charity’s stock within Cirencester.





Millard Consultants

Consultants – Clerkship Advice and Consultancy

Contact Details
Jennifer Millard
Almshouse Property and Land Owning Charity Consultant/Chartered Surveyor/Director

The Beeches, 79 Ely Road, Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2SN

M: 07851 153016
T: 01353 699403
E: info@millardconsultants.com

www.Millardconsultants.com 

Areas covered: Country wide

About Millard Consultants

Millard Consultants is an Almshouse, Land and Property-Owning charity specialist.

As chartered surveyors with over 20 years estate management experience, we are able to offer a range of services from clerkship to part-time chief executive officer roles, servicing local and national charities on either a retained or locum basis.

In addition, we also offer a consultancy service and have recently worked alongside almshouse charities assisting with projects linked to weekly maintenance contribution increases, collaboration projects with third parties, strategic planning, fundraising and the building of new almshouses.

Well-connected, we are able to signpost to a range of specialists with the experience required for a range of projects, ensuring continued positive forward momentum.

We aim to enhance the trustee experience, deliver maximum impact for beneficiaries and reduce risk for all parties. We are experienced trustees, DBS checked, insured, registered with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and remain mindful of reducing our environmental impact.