The Surveyor Hub Podcast

Gillian Charlesworth is the CEO of BRE Group, the world's leading building science center. Before joining BRE Group, Gillian was an Executive Director at RICS, where she held a number of roles covering assurance and enforcement of standards, global brand growth and thought leadership. She is passionate about the importance and potential of the built environment in creating sustainable, vibrant and...

Kevin Keane MRICS has been working at Walker Fraser Steele Chartered Surveyors since 2013. He carries out all aspects of Residential Valuations, Home Reports and Energy Inspections mainly within Stirling and the surrounding areas. He has an interest in Historic Building Conservation and rural properties. What is Covered: The importance of proper branding of a business The challenges of learning th...

Roy Albert is a Chartered Valuation Surveyor at the Valuation Office Agency, where he has been working for the past 16 years in different roles. He is also an APC Ambassador at LionHeart, as well as The Surveyor Hub admin. He shares with us his journey from a small village in Dominica to building a career in the surveying industry in the UK. What We Cover: What Valuation Office Agency does and wha...

With 25 episodes under the belt, this is a good moment to make a review of the most popular ones, ask for your feedback, and share the journey of The Surveyor Hub Podcast. If you're interested in being part of the conversation and sharing your experience on the show, please get in touch. If you're a surveyor that we've never heard of, if you run your own business and want to step into more visibil...

Garret Kellett is MRICS MRPSA and is the founder of Urban Surveyors. He left school with 2 GCSE’s and after being diagnosed with Dyslexia in later years, graduated from the University of Salford with a first class degree with honours, in Building Surveying. The main focus of his survey work is building pathology. He is currently submitting his application for Chartership with the Institute of Buil...

Qualified as a solicitor in 1990, Sarah Dwight has always focused on trying to make the house moving experience better for all those involved. After establishing her own practice, dealing exclusively with residential conveyancing in April 2000, she has seen many changes in how conveyancing is done together with changes in the market. Sarah believes solicitors are at the heart of the house moving p...

Mandy Spencely BSc FRICS is the Area Operations Manager at e.surv Chartered Surveyors, responsible for a team of residential surveyors in Nottingham and Lincoln. e.surv are the UK's largest provider of property risk expertise and residential surveying services, employing over 600 surveyors across the UK. Mandy is also very passionate about training and counselling surveyors on their qualification...

Emma and Aaron McCluskey are a husband and wife team of chartered surveyors who have their own practice in South Hams, Devon, McCluskey Chartered Surveyors. They offer a range of services, from building surveys and inspections, to architectural services and project management. We talk about their different backgrounds and journey to becoming surveyors and setting up their own company. What We Cove...

Rebecca Janman is a construction consultant, building surveyor and Director at Iceni Surveyors LTD, a company based in Suffolk. With 16 years of experience in building regulations, Rebecca has recently started her own business, after being furloughed due to the pandemic lockdown. What We Cover In This Episode: How the lockdown can be a catalyst for starting a business How the Ronan Point and Grenf...

Juliet Weston is a Chartered Surveyor with over 30 years experience in the residential sector covering private practice, local government and charity. She carries out all the RICS pre-purchase surveys and have a passion for period vernacular property, having completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Building Conservation at Cardiff University. Juliet is a mum of three, and she started to wo...

Alan McKeown MA AssocRICS DipRSV is an independent residential surveyor based in Cheshire. He set up his company Plumb Stone Surveyors in 2017. He has a background in damp surveying, qualified as AssocRICS in 2019 and now conducts damp surveys, HomeBuyer Surveys and Building Surveys. The main focus of his surveys is on building pathology and a preference for heritage property. He is...

Rachel Griffiths is Head of Panel Management at SDL Surveying. She joined SDL Surveying in order to develop and expand SDL’s panel network of independent surveying firms to increase capacity and surface diaries for their lender clients. Before she started to work with SDL Surveying, Rachel spent 13 years of her career with HBOS and Halifax Estate agents. What We Cover In This Episode: How SDL appr...

In this episode Marion Ellis speaks to Aaron Daniel and Joe Ellison during Men’s Health week in June 2020. Aaron Daniel is a Valuation Surveyor, operating in both the residential and commercial markets.  A specialist in reversionary and long-term secure income investments, he spent several years in private equity, becoming AssocRICS and a RICS Registered Valuer in 2015. He began his consultan...

Dan Knowles MRICS is a Chartered Surveyor and RICS Registered Valuer. He founded Sawyer Fielding in 2013, a company that represents homeowners affected by the threat of compulsory purchase. Last year he set up a new brand called Websters Surveyors, which offers a range of valuation and surveying services. Understanding the importance of having a secure roof over one’s head, Dan is passionate about...

Vanessa Hardwick is a Chartered Building Surveyor, she runs her own practice near Cardiff, South Wales and focuses on building surveys, project management, party wall surveys and defect analysis mainly in the residential sectors. A mum of three, her career started in local authority specialising in fire safety and project management before moving into residential private practice.  What You W...

In this podcast Marion Ellis speaks to a panel to discuss experiences of being away from work and the challenges about returning to surveying and valuation post lockdown. She is joined by mindfulness and meditation expert Laura Coleman, and surveyors Leslie Milson and Tim Kenny who both share their experiences.   Laura has set up a free webinar for surveyor, valuers and those in the property...

Our guest today is Tim Jones, a Chartered Building Surveyor, BlueBox Trainer, RICS APC Trainer, Chair, Assessor and SAVA Assessor, who specialises in residential building surveys and valuation advice. Tim also provides training in project management, construction contracts, building surveying and management and leadership. What You Will Learn In This Episode: How to develop resilience as a surveyo...

Nick Brown FRICS is the founder of Ashridge Surveyors. A Residential Building Surveyor, APC Mentor and Assessor he claims to help anyone who asks nicely – so I asked him to share his journey as a small business surveyor on the Surveyor Hub Podcast. What You Will Learn in This Episode: * The business experience you can gain as a school governor * The most difficult part of being a party wall survey...

Marion Ellis gathered four surveying experts to discuss inspecting residential properties during Covid-19. Phil Parnham A coveted speaker and technical author, Phil is a Chartered Building Surveyor with an expertise in the diagnosis of defects and dampness in residential properties. He has many years of experience in the social housing, higher education and residential sectors and is one of the fo...

Claire-Elaine Arthurs is a Solicitor and CEDR Accredited Mediator, who specialises in property related dispute resolution and risk management. As a Partner at Gunnercooke LLP, she is particularly well known for her proactive approach to portfolio and site management. In this podcast she discusses how surveyors can ensure mediation is successful and reduce the need to refer them to the Courts....

In this episode Marion Ellis talks with Mark O’Halloran, owner of Nuven Surveyors, a small independent firm of Chartered Surveyors founded in 2016, operating in Horsham, West Sussex and surrounding areas. A small team of five all working from home. Married and father to twin threenage daughters! What You Will Learn In This Episode:  Why your career before surveying can shape your career. Jugg...

In this episode Marion Ellis talks with Greg Harrison Associate Director in the Professional Indemnity team at Howden Insurance Brokers. Howden have been the RICS preferred professional indemnity broker for approaching 10 years and more recently, preferred broker for Cyber Liability. Greg manages the PII insurance programmes for some of Howdens medium to larger size property and construction accou...

In this episode Marion Ellis talks with Kate Taylor, an experienced RICS APC Assessor, APC auditor, RICS UK APC Appeal Panel and Chairperson. Kate is lead Tutor for the RICS APC Faculty. She is author of the Commercial and Residential Property Quick Start Revision Guides and the Estates Gazette ‘Pathway to Success’ APC series. What You Will Learn In This Episode:  How Kate started her career...

Surveyor Business Stories is our collection of discussion with SME surveyors and valuers where we talk about their business. In this episode Marion Ellis talks with Stephen Boniface, Chartered Building Surveyor specialising in historic building conservation, party walls and expert witness work. He is a Partner at Whitworth Co-Partnership LLP. What You Will Learn In This Episode: How Stephen starte...

Surveyor Business Stories is our collection of discussion with SME surveyors and valuers where we talk about their business. In this episode Marion Ellis speaks to Justin Mason, the founder of Justin Mason Valuation Consultancy. Justin specialises in the valuation of residential homes and investments in prime central London worth between £3M and £40M for wealth planning, taxation or litigation. Wh...