Measured Building Survey Why Guesswork Costs You
I once watched a fit-out contractor discover, three weeks into a job, that a supposedly "standard" ceiling height was out by 140mm across one end of the building. Not a huge number on paper. But it was enough to throw off the entire joinery order, delay handover by nine days, and cost someone an uncomfortable phone call with the client. That's the kind of thing a proper Measured Building Survey exists to prevent. If you're an architect, developer, or project manager in London, you've probably had a version of this conversation already either you commissioned a survey and it saved your bacon, or you skipped it and paid for that decision later. There's rarely a middle ground. The Problem: Why "Close Enough" Drawings Keep Costing People Money Old floor plans lie. Not maliciously buildings just move, get altered, get extended by three different owners over forty years, and nobody updates the paperwork. Planning departments don't accept guesswork...