RICS Consumer Guides
A home is likely to be the most expensive purchase most people ever make. As an owner you will benefit from expert advice on the condition of your property.
Residential
When you buy your home, you can take advantage of expertise from the outset by using an RICS estate agent who follows the Residential Property Standards.
Residential
When you want to sell your home, choosing an estate agent who is an RICS member means you’ll get expert advice on all aspects of selling.
Residential
This factsheet provides an outline of the right to extend the lease of a flat in England & Wales under the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.
Residential
When you move into the house you have bought, establishing the exact boundaries for the plot it stands on is not high on your list of priorities, however, this is important.
Residential
Spray foam insulation may seem like a simple way to reduce heat loss in your home, but it should be viewed as a serious modification.
Residential
RICS Consumer Guide: Home extension
Many properties have potential for expansion, such work can add value to your home while giving you more room to live and work.
Residential
This is a detailed and accessible guide for home owners, helping them amongst other things to identify flood risks to their property.
Residential
Finding cracks in plasterwork or brickwork could be a result of movement in the ground beneath your home.
Residential
This guide provides information for tenants and landlords on things to consider when dealing with a dilapidations claim made by a landlord at the end of the lease.
Residential
Party walls usually separate buildings belonging to different owners, but could include garden walls built astride a boundary — known as party fence walls.
Residential
In your home, just over half the room should be lit by natural light and about half the room in a commercial building.
Commercial
The following guide has been written by RICS and offers guidance to homeowners considering retrofitting to make their home low carbon.
Residential
The basic legal and practical issues involved in letting a flat or house
Commercial