[Paul R E Dyer FISVA]

Hi David,

 

Yes there is a Chartered Building Survey and there is a different APC route, although General Practitioners carry out fairly similar work to CBS, CBS’s are really a mixture of QS and GP.

If the mortgage Valuer has requested a CBS or Structural Engineer then only a CBS should carry this out. (Otherwise check with the lender beforehand to see if they will accept your report.)

 

 

[Paul R E Dyer FISVA]

Hi David I think this may help

From the Building Safety Act 2022

 

118Section 117: height of buildings and number of storeys

(1)This section applies for the purpose of section 117.

(2)The height of a building is to be measured from ground level to the finished surface of the floor of the top storey of the building (ignoring any storey which is a roof-top machinery or plant area or consists exclusively of machinery or plant rooms).

(3)When determining the number of storeys in a building—

(a)any storey below ground level is to be disregarded;

(b)any mezzanine floor is to be regarded as a storey if its internal floor area is at least half of the internal floor area of the largest storey in the building which is not below ground level.

(4)In subsection (2) “ground level”, in relation to a building, means—

(a)the level of the surface of the ground immediately adjacent to the building, or

(b)where the level of the surface of the ground on which the building is situated is not uniform, the level of the lowest part of the surface of the ground immediately adjacent to it.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (3) a storey is “below ground level” if any part of the finished surface of the ceiling of the storey is below the level of the surface of the ground immediately adjacent to that part of the building.

 

So from this it appears to be the bottom of the lightwell as far I read it.

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