About the company
My client is an independent firm specialising in residential property services, including RICS Home Surveys, lease extensions, valuations, and party wall matters. Established in 2006 and based in Rustington, West Sussex, they serve clients across West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, and London. The firm is known for professionalism, thoroughness, and personalized service.
We strive to provide high quality reports and feel it is important to talk to our clients and help them on their property journey as much as we can. Whenever a Level 2 or 3 survey is undertaken we will call the clients the same day as the inspection to talk through our findings and we therefore need to find surveyors who are happy dealing directly with clients in this way.
About the Role
The company are looking for a full-time surveyor who would be happy to come to our Rustington office some days but also be part home based. From their Rustington office they cover the south coast sometimes going west to the Portsmouth area but have a lot of instructions closer to the office, Chichester, Littlehampton, Bognor, Rustington, Worthing, Brighton and north of this area to Surrey and across to Horsham and Crawley
The workload would be mainly L2/L3 surveys and some valuation work – Help to Buy, Right to Buy, Shared Ownership Valuations, Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax Valuations. The company are happy to create a balance that suits the candidate although this can be dependent on the type of instructions that are coming in. There is also the opportunity for the candidate to learn other work if they were interested and wanted more variety. All our work is full fee self-generated, and volumes expected are far lower than in the corporate world.
Our surveyors use a survey system called Survey text which is what the corporates used to use. It consists of printed site pads with key phrases. The surveyor dictates the report, and the phrases are dictated by number and letter and other bits dictated by free text. Typically takes 20 – 30 mins to dictate a L2 report. Depending upon the quality of the dictation, the correction time can be minimal. Having looked at iPad systems which produce poor reports, our surveyors prefer this system which allows quality reports to be generated without the surveyor having to struggle on an iPad. We are also expecting more quality and a lower volume averaging 3 or 4 points per day. We have a wonderful admin team in the Rustington office who book all the appointments, send out quotations and type up any reports.
About the Requirements
Ideally MRICS qualified but would also consider AssocRICS if the candidate has sufficient experience.
About the salary:
Salaries would be dependent on experience, but we are considering c£45,000 for our Rustington post plus a bonus which would be set at a realistic level depending upon salary with a percentage of billing and paid once a cumulative monthly target is achieved. We would require the candidate to have their own car, and we would cover business mileage. Other Benefits will be discussed at the interview
To Apply:
If you are a Consultancy based Quantity Surveyor of any level and seeking a new role, please contact Ilaria Ferrentino at Cityscape. I will be in touch to discuss the role further once I have had a chance to review your details