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Prescott Chartered Surveyors

Terms of use for the free tools

  1. These terms apply to the repair cost estimator, the fixed-price quotes pack and the party wall notices on this website (the tools). They are provided free by Prescott Chartered Surveyors, the trading name of Richard Prescott MRICS. By ticking the box before using a tool, you agree to these terms.
  2. Personal use only. You may use the tools only for your own home or another property you own, for your own personal use. You must not use the tools, or copy, sell or reproduce their prices, content or documents, for any commercial purpose, including pricing or advising on work for others or running another website or service.
  3. Automated tools, not advice. The tools are automated and give general information only. No one checks what you enter or what the tools produce. They are not a quotation, a survey, or professional or legal advice on your property, and using them does not make you a client of Prescott Chartered Surveyors.
  4. Estimates. Prices are estimates based on published price guides, and what you are charged may be quite different. Always get at least three written quotations and agree a fixed price before work starts.
  5. Your decisions. You decide what work is done, which contractor to use and what you agree with them. You are responsible for the details you enter and for checking every document before you send or serve it. Any contract is between you and your contractor or neighbour; Prescott Chartered Surveyors is not a party to it. The contractor is responsible for their own work.
  6. Safety.
    1. Do not climb a ladder, go onto a roof or work at height to measure or inspect anything; take all measurements from the ground.
    2. Do not carry out building work yourself because a tool shows a price for it. Work at height should be done by a competent contractor using a tower or scaffold where needed, and you should check that your contractor holds public liability insurance.
    3. Structural work, such as removing a wall or chimney breast, or digging foundations near a neighbour's building, needs calculations from a structural engineer or chartered surveyor and Building Regulations approval before it starts.
    4. Buildings built before about 2000 may contain asbestos. Do not drill, cut, sand or break materials that might contain it; they should be tested, and removed only by a suitably qualified contractor, licensed where required.
    5. Older paint may contain lead and should not be dry-sanded or burnt off.
    6. Gas work must be done only by a Gas Safe registered engineer, and electrical work by a registered electrician.
    7. Never cap or block a chimney or flue that is still in use, including a neighbour's. A disused flue should be capped and ventilated by a competent contractor.
  7. Liability. Because the tools are free and automated, Prescott Chartered Surveyors does not accept liability for any loss arising from your use of them or reliance on their results. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence.
  8. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.