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Simon Wilkinson Surveyors

SWS Chartered Surveyors have extensive experience providing Residential Surveys and Valuations as well as associated Professional Work across the South Midlands. Simon Wilkinson Surveyors Ltd is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Simon Wilkinson DipSurv, MRICS is an RICS Registered Valuer.

Simon Wilkinson is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, having been elected to Chartered Surveyor status in 1997 after gaining a Diploma in Surveying from the College of Estate Management at Reading University.

With many years of experience in the local property market he set up his own Chartered Surveying practice in 2017 to offer a more personalised service to clients. Simon offers over 25 years’ experience in undertaking residential survey and valuation work on a wide variety of properties of varying styles and ages in Stratford upon Avon and the surrounding villages of South Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and Oxfordshire.

Simon Wilkinson Surveyors undertake Pre-Purchase surveys including RICS Home Survey Levels 1, 2 and 3 as well Bespoke Building Surveys together with Single Defect Reports on all types of residential property from period Grade II Listed thatched timber framed cottages to modern new build properties.

Market Valuations

Market Valuations prepared for a variety of reasons including Pre-Purchase, Matrimonial, Shared-Ownership or Help to Buy, Tax Planning for Inheritance Tax or Capital Gains Tax and Single Joint Expert Valuation Reports for the courts.

Overview of

Our Services

  • Market Valuations

    Valuations are undertaken for a variety of reasons including for Matrimonial, Shared-Ownership or Help to Buy, Tax Planning, Expert Witness.

  • RICS Home Survey Level 1

    This service is designed for clients (buyers, sellers, and owners) seeking a professional and objective report on the condition of the property at an economic price. As a result, it is less comprehensive than survey level two and survey level three.

  • RICS Home Survey Level 2

    This level of service is for clients who are seeking a professional opinion on the general condition of the main elements of a property. It is, therefore, less comprehensive than a level three service. The RICS Home Survey Level 2 can also include a market valuation and an insurance reinstatement figure, as part of the service for your own purposes, if required.

  • RICS Home Survey Level 3

    This level of service is for clients who are seeking a professional opinion based on a detailed assessment of the property.

For more information on the services we offer please view our services page

Our Services

  • We are delighted with the quality and detail of the RICS Level 2 Survey carried out by Simon Wilkinson Chartered Surveyors. The report was thorough, and the items highlighted, including the recommendations on “Issues for your legal advisers” and “What to do now” a great help. We certainly benefited from your knowledge and experience throughout the survey process. We have not hesitation in recommending you to those in need of a RICS survey.

  • Thank you for your excellent report which was extremely helpful. My husband was very impressed with your detailed and extensive report

  • I have sought your services again as I felt you prepared a thorough report and it was a pleasure to deal with you.

  • Incredibly helpful in all sorts of ways, Simon - many thanks for this, and for your input to our discussion, much appreciated.

  • Thank you for the very comprehensive and detailed report on the Vicarage.

  • Just to say thank you for the report and for your attention to detail in the survey. It's a pleasure working with you. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend your services to others

  • We would very much like to commend the quality of our experience in commissioning your services as our surveyor. From beginning to end everything was handled expertly, efficiently and to an extremely high standard of quality.

  • Firstly, thank you so much for your comprehensive report. Worth paying for the best.  I would highly recommend you again and for a layman such as myself, you have made the whole process easy to understand. Thank you. (My dad, a retired surveyor, read the report for me too and said it was excellent, absolutely excellent).

  • Simon was incredibly helpful when we needed a HomeBuyers report completed. We needed it quite last minute and he went out of his way to fit us in. He was really good at keeping in contact with us and very thorough with his report. He was kind enough to talk us through the report before sending out the hard copy. A breath of fresh air in what has otherwise been a stressful and frustrating time. Highly recommended.

  • I have had a brief read through and would like to thank you for doing such a fantastic job on this survey.

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