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RICS Guides and Factsheets
Residential
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Fire SafetyRICS Guide: Fire Safety
This guide offers basic advice about fire safety in…
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Legal Issues
Factsheet: Lease Extension
This factsheet provides an outline of the right to…
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Moving Home
RICS Consumer Guide: Property Measurement
New RICS guide will help buyers & renters pay…
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Buying a Home
RICS Consumer Guide: Buying a Home
When you buy your home, you can take advantage…
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Buying a Home
RICS Consumer Guide: Buying a Home in Scotland
When you buy your home, you can take advantage…
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Compulsory Purchase
RICS Consumer Guide: Compulsory Purchase
‘Compulsory purchase’ is where the state or a public…
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Selling a Home
RICS Consumer Guide: Selling a Home
If you have decided to put your property on…
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Residential Surveys
RICS Consumer Guide: Home Surveys
A home is the most expensive purchase most people…
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Renting - Landlord and Tenant
RICS Consumer Guide: Renting a Property in Scotland
When you rent a property, you can take advantage…
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Renting - Landlord and Tenant
RICS Consumer Guide: Renting a Property
When you rent a property, you can take advantage…
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Extensions
RICS Consumer Guide: Home Extensions
Many properties provide potential for expansion – either up,…
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Exterior Issues
RICS Consumer Guide: Flooding
The risk of flooding is growing. Flooding could seriously…
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Structural Issues
RICS Consumer Guide: Subsidence
A chartered surveyor will be able to work out…
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Maintenance Issues
RICS Consumer Guide: Dilapidations
This guide provides information for tenants and landlords on…
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Party Walls
RICS Consumer Guide: Party Walls
If you live in a semi-detached or terrace house…
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Boundaries
RICS Consumer Guide: Boundary Disputes
When you move into your house, establishing the exact…
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Buying a Home
RICS Consumer Guide: Property Auctions
Property auctions have become increasingly popular with both buyers…
Commercial
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Business Premises
Small Business Property Guide
If you are a small business owner, these guides…
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Planning
RICS Consumer Guide: Right to Light
In your home, just over half the room should…
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Estate & Block Management
RICS Consumer Guide: Letting a Property
The basic legal and practical issues involved in letting…
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Estate & Block Management
RICS Consumer Guide: Letting a Property in Scotland
Practical and legal issues involved in letting a flat…
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Antiques & Art
RICS Consumer Guide: Buying and Selling Art and Antiques at Auction
Art and antiques auctions have been a successful method…