Property Surveying Books

New and Published Books

1. Understanding Housing Defects

   3rd Edition

   By Duncan Marshall, Derek Worthing, Roger Heath

   This third edition of Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in domestic buildings.Each chapter covers a specific building element and includes a brief introduction setting out construction...

   Published May 14th 2009 by Estates Gazette
2. Inspections and Reports on Dwellings

   Reporting for Sellers

   By Ian Melville, Ian Gordon

   Inspections and Reports on Dwellings is a series of four books, the first three of which have already been published to considerable success. This concluding book covers reports prepared before dwellings are put on the market for sale, whether as a legal requirement or on a voluntary basis. All...

   Published October 13th 2008 by Estates Gazette
3. Valuation

   Principles into Practice, 6th Edition

   Edited by Richard Hayward

   The sixth edition of Valuation: Principles into Practice continues to be both a core text for all students undertaking surveying qualifications and a handy reference guide for valuers in practice. The new edition has been thoroughly updated with nine completely re-written chapters. The book...

   Published July 31st 2008 by Estates Gazette
4. Valuation and Sale of Residential Property

   3rd Edition

   By David Mackmin

   Valuation and Sale of Residential Property is aimed at all those studying for a qualification or already practising as residential valuers, surveyors and estate agents. It provides valuable information on all elements of the home sales process, enabling professionals to give advice on market value,...

   Published February 26th 2008 by Estates Gazette
5. Asbestos for Surveyors

   2nd Edition

   By Bill Sanderson

   Asbestos for Surveyors is a practical reference guide for all those responsible for identifying and dealing with asbestos in buildings. The book is based upon the Control of Asbestos at Work Act 2002 and is intended to be a guide to the technical aspects of asbestos and why it was originally used....

   Published November 4th 2007 by Estates Gazette
6. Inspections and Reports on Dwellings

   Reporting for Buyers

   By Ian Melville, Ian Gordon

   Inspections and Reports on Dwellings is a series of books covering all the procedures for preparing reports on dwellings for buyers, lenders and sellers. It follows the professional guidelines developed in the light of court cases on negligence and Government requirements for the production of Home...

   Published October 31st 2006 by Estates Gazette
7. The Construction of Houses

   4th Edition

   By Derek Worthing, Duncan Marshall, Derek Worthing

   Aimed specifically at those students and practitioners who require a broad understanding of building construction as part of a wider sphere of professional activity. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of modern construction and services. In addition most...

   Published May 31st 2006 by Estates Gazette
8. Inspections and Reports on Dwellings: Inspecting

   By Ian A. Melville, Ian A. Gordon

   Inspecting, the second book in Melville and Gordon’s Inspections and Reports on Dwellings series, provides the inspector with everything he or she needs to know about every conceivable type of dwelling. Complete with explanations of how to determine the construction of external walls, how to assess...

   Published December 31st 2005 by Estates Gazette
9. House Inspector

   By Duncan Marshall, Nigel Dann

   This book is a concise and comprehensive guide to building defects and building inspection. Whether, as a practitioner you are employed in buying, selling, managing or maintaining houses or whether, or as a layperson, you are buying a property to invest or live in, this book will help you make...

   Published November 15th 2005 by Estates Gazette
10. Business Skills for Surveyors

    By Austen Imber

    To get ahead, surveyors require business and managerial acumen as well as technical skills. Business Skills for Surveyors explains how the property market works, how investors and developers make their money, and how business objectives interrelate with property strategies. Economic, financial...

    Published October 16th 2005 by Estates Gazette