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May 2014

• Building Survey on a terraced house in Horwich - revealed major repairs not noted by the valuer for the  purchaser's mortgage lender including split roof timbers, old electric wiring and lack of sub-floor ventilation!
• Building survey on an individual timber framed house built in 1984 - Bolton
• Joint instruction under Section 11 Landlord & Tenant Act 1985and Section 4 Defective Premises Act 1972 from solicitors representing the landlord and Citizens Advice representing the tenant to report on alleged disrepair and damp to a terraced house in Bolton - no significant disrepair and the damp was due to condensation as a result of the tenants failing to heat and ventilate the property adequately
• Valuation on 2 newly completed houses for bridging loan purposes - Wigan
• Building Survey on a double 17th century stone cottage - Brinscall, Chorley
• Valuation advice to solicitors in connection with a neighbour dispute over rights of vehicular and pedestrain access - Rossendale
• Home Buyer Survey on an individual 5 bedroom detached house with 3/4 acre plot, pp £760,000 - Blackburn

April 2014

• Building Survey on a 4 storey terraced house - Ramsbottom
• Probate valuation on house and haulage yard - Bolton
• Valuation on two flats converted from a terraced house for sale to a Housing Association - St Helens
• Valuation of commercial premises - Eccles
• Valuation of 3 investment properties for Bank lending purposes - Atherton
• Valuation of retail unit in Leigh for matrimonial purposes
• Bank valuation on a building plot with  planning permission for a 6 bdroom detached house - Bolton

March 2014

• Building survey on former Bank premises coverted to retail and office use - Stockport
• Building Survey on refurbished shop in Golborne - MAJOR structural problems discovered in the roof void
• Valuation on commercial premises (Dance School) - Bolton
• Valuation of factory premises - Lowton

February 2014

• Retrospective advice, including a valuation, regarding a defective Home Buyer Survey and in connection with an allegation of surveyor negligence - Atherton
• Valuation advice in connection wita rent review on commercial premises - Manchester
• Building Survey on a double stone cottage in a Conservation Area - Bolton
• Joint instruction from solicitors representing the parties in a family dispute - valuation reuired on a subsidence damaged house in Bolton
• Advice given to the landlord of a tenanted house in Radcliffe in relation to dampness issues
• Building Survey on an individual 5 bedroom detached house in Bolton - purchase price £650,000

January 2014

• Building Survey on 6 bedroom mid-Victorian semi detached house with annexe - Bury. 
• Schedule of Condition on commercial premises - Wilmslow
• Main Building Structure & Fabric Survey on a Victorian semi- detached house to be converrted to student accommodation - Salford
• Building Survey on a 3 storey 1850 built 5 bedroom semi detached house - Sale

December 2013

• "Drive by" valuations on a portfolio of tenanted houses for Bank security purposes
• Valuation of a parcel of amenity/grazing land - Horwich
• Retrospective valuation of commercial premises in Bolton town centre for Capital Gains Tax
• Survey on Edwardian detached house in Worsley including re-visit to check the extent of damp and rotten sub-floor timbers identified during the initial survey
• Valuation of a portfolio of properties in Manchester for use in Court proceedings 

November 2013

• Building Survey on a stone farmhouse, outbuildings and land, purchase price £550,00 - Horwich
• Survey on a converted barn - Chorley
• Home Buyer Survey report for the purchaser of an individual Edwardian detached bungalow - Bolton
• Schedule of Condition of office premises - Prestwich
• Building Survey on a Victorian semi detached house with land and stables - Kearsley

October 2013

• Joint instructions from solicitors to value 3 properties in Bolton for matrimonial proceedings
• Survey report on main structure and fabric at a former post office converted to residential use - Leigh
• Report on defective lintels - Leigh
• Building Survey on a poorly extended dormer bungalow - Horwich
• Builing Survey on a 6 bedroom, 3 storey Georgian House (part of a larger former manor house) in Rawtenstall - 7 hours on site!
• Insurance reinstatement cost calulation on a 500 sq metre Victorian mansion with modern extension (used as offices) - Eccles

September 2013

• Building Survey on a 17th century former lodge house - Sale
• Retrospective valuations on 3 new-build houses in Manchester in connection with an allegation of valuer negligence and mortgage fraud
• Building Survey on an extended 1950s detached with a swimming pool - Lowton. Dampness and timber decay discovered and subsequently investigated by exposure works to reveal damp proof course incorrectly positioned at the time of construction
• Valuation of commercial premises in Atherton for Pension Fund purposes
• Valuations on a portfolio of retail units for the Pension Fund of a major local bakery company

August 2013

• Valuation on commercial premises in Leigh for Pension Fund Trustees
• Report and valuation on a 3 storey detached house in Tyldesley in connection with an allegation of negligence (defects not reported and valuation excessive) against a surveyor who prepared a Home Buyer Survey in 2011
• Bank valuation on a pair of tenanted cottages in Belmont purchased for investment purposes
• Bank mortgage valuations on 3 properties including one valued at over £1.5m - Bolton
• Building Survey on a house in Preston for purchase by a Charitable trust

July 2013

• Valuations on a portfolio of properties in Preston - required for Court proceedings under The Proceeds of Crime Act
• Building Survey on a 17th century converted barn in a moorland position, Rawtenstall 
• Building Survey on a 3 storey Edwardian semi-detached in Stockton Heath, Warrington - some historic subsidence damage
• Valuations on a portfolio of properties in Wigan

June 2013

• Building Survey on a large semi detached house in Eccles. Inspection revealed poor quality extensions and alterations and desktop research post-inspection uncovered risks of flooding
• Mortgage valuation on anewly renovated and extended former barn in Bolton - £450,000
• Survey report on a 19th century former shooting lodge, Bolton
• Building Survey and mortgage valuation on a Grade II listed 17th century farmhouse - Wigan. Purchse price £800,000
• Valuation on 8 lock up industrial units in Leigh
• Valuation for mortgage purposes on a former bank converted to offices, Wigan

May 2013

• Negotiations regarding valuation of an individual detached house in Bolton for matrimonial purposes - valuation arises due to complications in an inter-family lease
• Valuations for extensions of short leasehold interests on apartments in Rainford
• Building Survey on a 4 storey Victorian house, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
• Retrospective valuation on a converted flat in Bolton in relation to an allegation of valuer negligence

April 2013

• Survey report and mortgage valuation on an individual detached house with an acre of woodland, Wigan. Purchase price £650,000
• John Brownlow appointed as joint expert on the Order of the Court in a neighbourhood dispute (boundary, drainage and other issues) in Heywood
• Updating of insurance reinstatement costs on a portfolio of properties owned by a local business
• Valuation advice to a client wishing to purchase approx 0.75 of garden/amenity land, Astley
• Valuation report for a client intending to bid for a Grade II listed farmhouse in need of major renovation and offered for sale by tender, Wrightington - valuation £450,000

March 2013

• John Brownlow assists Clarendon Primary School Year 5 children on a field trip to Rivington to learn about the environment
• Building survey on a detached bungalow in Blackburn for a Registered Charity
• Mortgage valuation on a development project in Horwich - detached barn to be converted to a pair of houses - valuations required "before and after"
• Retrospective "forensic" valuation report complaint with Civil Procedure Rules in connection with an allegation of valuer negligence, property in Rawtenstall
• Valuation on a portfolio of properties in Bolton and Sale required for Inheritance Tax purposes - portfolio value approx £1.5m
• Retrospective valuation on 3 flats in a converted Victorian building in Bolton - allegation of valuer negligence
• Valuation on a block of 15 tenanted flats in Eccles for an investment purchaser - purchase price £820,000
• Valuation for leasehold extension under the Leasehold Reform Act - Rainford, St Helens

February 2013

• Building Survey on an individual 1920s detached house requiring refurbishment in Bolton, purchase price £550,000
• Valuation for matrimonial purposes on large stone house in Bolton
• Valuation for Bank mortgage on renovated farmhouse with planning permission for further extension and refurbishment works, Bolton - purchase price £450,000
• Advice on a boundary dispute, Wigan
• Valuation on commercial premises in Leigh for pension fund purposes
• Retrospective valuation on a house in Wigan in connectiuon with an allegation of surveyor negligence

January 2013

• Valuation on factory premises, Leigh
• Inspection and reporting on defective work at poor qulaity residential conversion project in Manchester
• Building Survey on detached house, Bowdon, purchase price £500,000
• Building Survey on former funeral home and chapel of rest, Bolton
• Schedule of Condition on timber yard and buildings, Walkden
• Valuation on a canl side cottage with 1 acre of land for matrimonial purposes, Bolton
• Bank re-mortgage valuation on a farmhouse in North Bolton - valaution £1.6m
• Bank mortgage valaution on a 5 bedroom detached house in Bolton, purchase price £580,000
• Survey on a large Victorian house in Preston converted to student living accommodation

December 2012

• Building Survey and Bank mortgage valuation on a 5 bedroom detached manor house with additional 700 sq m coach house and 16 acres of land - Mawdesley
• Valuation exercise on Freehold and Leasehold interests created by grant of a 99 year lease on a house worth over £500,000 in Bolton - valuation required for use in Court proceedings
• Valuation for a private client considering bidding at auction for a 6 bedroom detached stone house with extensive grounds, swimming pool and leisure area in Bolton - guide price £1,000,000
• Bank valuation on a 5 bedroom detached house in Bolton - purchase price £840,000
• Simon Miller filmed for BBC TV programme "Homes Under the Hammer"
• Schedule of Condition on licensed restaurant premises in Longridge, Preston
• Valuation on a bungalow in Lowton, Warrington for inheritance tax purposes - valuation c £250,000
• RICS Home Buyer Survey carried out on a "retrospective" basis in order to assist solicitors in a potential claim for negligence aginst the surveyor who inspected the property in advance of purchase in 2007 - property in Middleton
• Survey on unusual stone built detached house in Huddersfield
• Valuation on commercial prmises in Leigh town centre
• Report on severe condensation problems in a bungalow in Leigh
• Prepatration of Land Registry complaint plans for transfer of title on a property in Leigh

November 2012

• Mortgage valuation report on car showroom premises, Wigan
• Building survey on a Victorian former gatekeeper's lodge in Salford - building discovered to be part timber framed
• Valuation on a portfolio of residential and   commercial properties in Bolton and Accrington for matrimonial proceedings
• Joint instruction from Landlord and Tenant to prepare a Schedule of Condition on retail and warehouse premises in Bolton town centre
• Building Survey on dwelling converted from from former public house, Wigan
• Planned Maintenance Report on Care Home premises, St Helens
• Building survey on an inter-war semi detached house in Wigan - major repair issues, including water in sub-floor void, not identified by a mortgage valuation inspection

October 2012

• Main building structure and fabric survey on former British Legion building - Blackrod, Bolton
• Report on dampness problems in a house at Eccleston, St Helens
• Commercial mortgage valuation on car sales premises, Wigan
• Main building structure and fabric survey on a part-derelict Grade II listed 16th century house in Chorley
• Mortgage valuation report on a farmhouse and land in Wigan
• RICS Home Buyer Survey on a 5 bedroom detached house in Blackburn - purchase price £400,000

September 2012

• Pension fund valuations on commercial premises in Tyldesley and Leigh
• Valuation advice in connection with a disposal of a bungalow adjacent to boatyard premises, Chorley
• Mortgage valuation on a renovated barn, Woodplumpton, Preston - purchase price £500,000
• Building Survey on a Victorian house converted to flats - Prestwich

August 2012

• Schedule of Disrepair in connection with a tenant claim under section 11 Landlord & Tenant Act - Bolton.
• Valuations on farmhouse and cottage, Newton le Willows, in connection with a contract dispute - valuations around £1.5 million in total.
• Main building structure & fabric survey, with Bank mortgage valuation, on a modern detached house in Bolton with basement level swimming pool and leisure complex - purchase price £850,000.
• Mortgage valuation on a farmhouse with outbuildings and 10 acres of land, Wheelton, Chorley - purchase price £500,000.
• "Bricks and mortar" valuation on a children's nursery being sold as a going concern, Bolton.
• Mortgage valuations on a portfolio of investment properties, Bolton.
• Building survey on a farmhouse, Preston.

July 2012

• Building survey on a renovated farmhouse, Bacup.
• Valuations on 2 retail properties in Salford in connection with Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings.
• Valuation on a former public house, Golborne.
• Edwards Genesis sponsor new kit for Horwich RMI Cricket Club T20 team.

June 2012

• John Brownlow appointed as Single Joint Expert by Stockport County Court on a valuation of a property portfolio comprising 30 tenanted houses and the matrimonial home (estimated value £400,000+) for matrimonial purposes.
• Survey on a 17th century converted barn with stables and 2 acres of land, Pendle.
• Mortgage valuation for The Ecology Building Society on a Methodist Chapel conversion to a dwelling - Chorley.

May 2012

• Building survey on mews house converted from 17th century barn - Grade 2* listed building - Edgworth, Bolton .
• Survey on a 6 bedroom farmhouse with outbuildings and land, Chorley - purchase price £700,000.
• Building Survey on a Victorian house converted into flats, Bolton.

April 2012

• John Brownlow instructed as expert valuer for a retrospective valuation on a portfolio of 30 houses and flats.
• Survey on a 6 bedroom Victorian house in Salford.
• Survey and valuation advice on a detached bungalow in Bolton with ongoing subsidence damage.
• Mortgage valuation on a "new build" bungalow in Bolton - purchase price £450,000.
• Building survey on a 6 bedroom farm in Fulwood, Preston - purchase price £500,000.
• Pension fund valuation on industrial premises, Bury.

March 2012

• John Brownlow appointed as a valuation expert on a 10 bedroom Grade 2* listed house with subsidence problems in Wigan - value range £500-£750,000.
• Mortgage valuation of farm and land, Wigan - purchase price £430,000.
• Simon Miller provides valuation advice to purchaser of a public house on a half acre site with development potential, Leigh.
• Mortgage valuation on a new-build project in Orrell, Wigan.

February 2012

• Ray Chan appointed as valuation expert on a retrospective claim for damages on a property with structural problems - Prescot, St Helens.
• John Brownlow jointly appointed by solicitors to value a block of tenanted flats for Court purposes, Bolton.
• Valuation and preparation of a plan on a detached bungalow, formerly the Officers' Mess at a military training camp, for Land Registration and Possessory Title purposes - Glazebrook, Warrington.
• Mortgage valuation on a former farm with land, Horwich, Bolton - £750,000.
• Private valuation and resale advice on a new build house in Bolton - purchase price £1,000,000.

January 2012

• Valuation advice to a Bolton-based Methodist Church and the Church Trustees regarding proposed disposal of land for redevelopment.
• Retrospective valuation advice regarding a house in Leigh sold in 2005, valuation required in connection with a negligence claim against the original conveyancing solicitor.
• Building survey on a former public house (to be converted to residential use) in Wigan.
• Survey report on a shop in Widnes for the existing tenant occupier.
• Valuation on commercial premises in Tyldesley for a Pension Fund.

December 2011

• Bank remortgage valuation on a house in Bolton subject to a major extension and re-modelling scheme - valuation £1.3 million.
• Joint valuation instruction on a property in Bolton from 3 firms of solicitors representing clients in a family dispute before Manchester County Court.

November 2011

• Building survey on a former care home in Horwich, Bolton - very extensive dry rot found in cellar, in ground floor voids and at first floor level.
• Building survey on a 7 bedroom Grade ll listed building in Carnforth - 6 hours on site.
• Pension fund valuation on a detached house in Wrightington, Wigan - £500,000.
• John Brownlow jointly instructed as a valuation expert on 4 properties in Wigan.
• Pension fund valuation on a former public house purchased for redevelopment, Leigh.

October 2011

• Building survey and valuation on a rebuilt farmhouse, Blackrod - purchase price £675,000.
• Schedule of Condition on Congregational Church, Blackpool.
• Mortgage valuation report on new build house in Parbold, valuation circa £700,000.

September 2011

• Preliminary advice to Bolton YMCA regarding cracking in their town centre premises caused by corrosion of a structural steel frame.
• Valuation on a new build property in Bolton for Bank mortgage purposes at a purchase price of £835,000.
• Probate valuation on a commercial investment portfolio in Leigh.

August 2011

• Building survey on a  renovated Victorian mansion (purchase price £890,000) in Edgworth, Bolton.
• Building survey on an 18th century cottage, Bolton.

July 2011

• Building survey on a 4 bedroom detached house with outbuildings (purchase price £500,000) in Hawkshaw, Bury.
• Survey report on building structure and fabric - semi-derelict Grade II listed former farmhouse, Wigan.
• Building survey on an 18th century detached house in Adlington, Chorley.

June 2011

• Valuation advice on 6 properties for solicitors acting for a client subject to Crown Confiscation Proceedings.
• Schedule of Condition prepared for the tenant of a shop in Latchford, Warrington.
• Valuation on a portfolio of 5 properties in Bolton for matrimonial proceedings.

May 2011

• Valuation on a smallholding/stables in Tyldesley for loan security.
• Updated valuation and buildings insurance on a £1.3m house in Bolton for an Offshore Trust Fund.
• Pre-disposal advice on property belonging to a local golf club.

April 2011

• Retrospective valuation advice on a bungalow in Parbold in connection with an allegation of Valuer negligence
• Valuation of a former public house in Atherton
• Report on dampness problems (condensation) in a flat, Manchester

March 2011

• Building Survey and valuation on a flood damaged commercial building in Astley
• Schedule of Condition for a prospective tenant on a former Victorian school building in Orrell, Wigan
• John Brownlow assists Clarendon Primary School Year 5 pupils on an outdoor day in Rvington - basic map reading and observation skills
• Valuation advice to loss adjusters on a badly fire damaged house in Culcheth
• Valuation report for a Housing Association on a Leasehold Enfranchisement case

February 2011

• Maintenance-planning survey on 1930s "Art Deco" house in Chorley
• Structure and fabric survey on a public house in Wigan
• Valuation under s36 Charities Act for disposal of a former Manse in Bolton
• Valuation of a former residential care home in Farnworth for a prospective purchaser considering alternative uses

January 2011

• Schedule of Condition on industrial and office premises, Little Hulton
• 10 "Right to Buy" valuations for a Local Authority
• Expert evidence given in response to a Court Order on a valuation dispute on a detached house in Leigh
• Simon Miller appointed as expert valuer on behalf of the owner of a farmhouse and land in Glazebury, Warrington subject to a claim for Coal Mining Subsidence damages
• Negotiations with agents acting for Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive regarding parcels of land in Leigh being compulsorily purchased in connection with the Leigh "Guided Busway" scheme
• John Brownlow attends Manchester County Court to appear as an Expert Witness for the Claimant in a surveyor negligence case

December 2010

• Building survey on detached moorland farmhouse, purchase price £750,000

November 2010

• John Brownlow appointed as independent valuer for a retrospective valuation on a property in Bolton with estimated value of £550,000, valuation required in connection with ongoing litigation.
• Building survey on a 6 bedroom Victorian house in Leigh, purchase price £370,000

October 2010

• Schedule of condition on 10,000 sq ft factory & offices, Horwich.
• Edwards Genesis sponsor 1st Horwich RMI Cricket Club Quiz Night to raise funds for Lancashire U13s Tour to Barbados in April 2011.

September 2010

• Planned maintenance inspections of a Church and Manse in Carnforth.
• Joint expert witness instruction to provide valuation evidence on a development in Hindley, Wigan.

August 2010

• Reinstatement valuations for insurance purposes on a block of flats in Bolton.

 June 2010

• Portfolio of reinstatement valuations for insurance purposes in Bolton.
• Building Survey on a 6 bedroom detached house in Bolton, purchase price £1.1m.

May 2010

• Quinquennial inspection on Salem Congregational Chapel, Clitheroe.

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April 2010

• Schedule of condition on large-scale industrial and office premises in Wigan.
• Valuation for a Pension Fund Trustee on a house in Bolton with a purchase price of £980,000.
• Expert witness instruction (valuation) in relation to a contract dispute on the purchase of a £5 million pound mixed commercial and residential building in Southport.
• Building Survey on a former farmhouse in Leigh.

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March 2010

• John Brownlow takes part in a Geography Field Trip at Rivington with Year 5 pupils from Clarendon Primary School and helps with outdoor skills such as basic map reading.
• Preliminary advice to Financial Claims Group regarding possible multiple valuation negligence claims in Manchester.

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February 2010

• Joint expert witness instruction for a valuation report on a house with an "on the market" price of £2,000,000.
• Attendance on site during removal of cavity wall insulation at a house in Bolton sufferring severe dampness - the cavity wall insulation was dry, so NOT the cause of the dampness.
• Valuation report on 38 new-build affordable housing units in Adlington for Places4People.

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January 2010

• Building survey on a large period detached house in Leigh - purchase price £500,000.
• Pre-refurbishment advice to a local Golf Club in respect of a Grade II listed cottage.
• Building survey and valuation on a 4000 sq m industrial building in Bolton for a prospective purchaser.
• Valuation report on 15 new-build apartments in Wigan for Athena Housing Group.
• Schedule of Condition on a multi-building factory in Farnworth for a prospective tenant.

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December 2009

• Portfolio valuation for a finance company on properties in Ulverston and Chorley - c £3,000,000.
• Joint valuation instruction for a property in Atherton converted into flats - value c £400,000
• Counter-schedule of Dilapidations on office premises, Wigan.

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November 2009

• New Edwards Genesis "liveried" Mecedes Vito van launched!
• Report on defective building contract in Bolton for a private client - estimated rectification costs £17,000.
• Valuation of a period residence with 2 acres of grounds, Chorley - £1,000,000.

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October 2009

• John Brownlow filmed for BBC "Watchdog" programme - defective roofing work, Wigan.
• Building survey on multi-storey mill premises (2,000 sq.m) in Bolton.

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September 2009

• Valuation in respect of an alleged negligent valuation of a commercial development site, Bolton - c£750,000

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August 2009

• Joint expert witness report on building work in Chorley involving allegations of trespass, noise nuisance and loss of light.
• Conclusion of protracted negotiations on behalf of clients selling properties to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, including presentation of valuation evidence to an independent review undertaken by the District Valuer.

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May 2009

• Valuation advice to a local Methodist Church in relation to two sites with residential development potential.

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March 2009

• Building survey on a semi-derelict public house, Darwen.

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December 2008

• Portfolio valuation on almost 40 properties across the North West for a Law of Property Act appointed Receiver.

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