Services
Our professionals have extensive experience in Architectural, Structural and M&E design. We have designed in all common construction materials and methods of building in our main sectors: New Build, Seismic upgrading and restoration, Refurbishment. Our services include:
• Building & structure design. New build structures in steel, reinforced concrete, timber and masonry/stone.
• Sustainable, sensible conservation design. Refurbishment and structural alteration of all types of existing buildings.
• Foundation & basement design. New basements under existing buildings.
• Ground & foundation investigation
• Subsidence investigation & remedial designs
• Surveys, appraisals, structural investigation
• Remedial design & rehabilitation of structures
• M&E design
• Surface water Drainage Strategies & Flood Risk Assessments
• Foul water drainage strategy
• SuDs Design
• Private drainage/plot engineering
• Discharge agreements/Consents
• Pre-application advice and outline application
• Planning consultancy and submission of full planning applications
• Coordination of specialist consultants
• Surface water, foul water and SuDS drainage strategies
At L&G Properties, we are proud of the range of services our experienced and professional team are able to provide in “Project Management”:
• Budget Costings
• Contract Management
• Cost Management
• Cost Planning
• Project Management and Monitoring
With advancing technologies and ever-growing digital requirements, we have responded by developing a fully proficient BIM professional. This professional has experience ranging from concept requirements and supporting documentation through to construction. We are proficient in producing document management, protocol production and clash detection required at all stages, which allows us to deliver a fully BIM scheme, as follows:
• Employers Information Requirements (EIR)
• BIM Execution Plans (BEP)
• BIM Strategy Plans
• Document Management & Collaboration Protocol
We have in-house capability to deliver “built-to order project” from pre-planning through to detailed design and construction. Our team can advise, design, supervise and manage all types of “design and build” projects. We can provide:
• Feasibility Studies
• Budget Costings
• Tender Documentation and Management
• Contract Management
• Cost Management
• Project Management and Monitoring
We undertake surveys and inspections as part of Consultancy Service. We ensure that any problem is appropriately investigated and is fully understood before solutions are proposed. Effective communication with our customers is key. Our surveying services cover the following areas:
• Structural surveys of properties, providing reports to assist clients in the purchase or sale of properties
• Traditional and historic buildings, including conservation areas
• Condition surveys of all types of building, ranging from domestic houses to external areas/services
Whether a city, country or coastal property is required, L&G Properties offers you a property search service to slim down the issues, addressing purchase, renovation and building cost while avoiding costly and redundant viewing trips.
The first step is to arrange a meeting to learn about your requirements and to discuss how the service works. Once received an assignment mandate, we advise on market conditions and how to maximise what is achievable for your budget within your chosen area(s). We will be your single point of contact and oversee the entire process, liaising with estate agents, solicitors, surveyors and other professional advisors on your behalf.
Each client has unique and specific requirements. We will work closely to create a focused brief from which we will start the search.
We will produce a comprehensive Property Report for each suitable property, removing the ones with issues not shown in the pictures or non compliance to urban planning regulation, avoiding costly viewing trips.
Having our in-house Architect and Chartered engineer gives us the opportunity to provide for a feasibility study of the building project, addressing the seismic issues as well as the bureaucratic constraints given by the Authorities.
The Property Report will include for local area information, property deeds search and urban planning compliance. We will also address basic renovation or building cost, producing a report so you will budget precisely the project from your home.
L&G has long standing relationships with estate agents, solicitors, surveyors and other professional advisors, who give detailed information on properties because they value the efficiency we bring to the home buying process and know L&G only looks after committed purchasers.
We oversee all research and evaluation on our client’s behalf. It is essential to establish a considered opinion of value before starting negotiations in order to give clients confidence in the price they ultimately pay.
Once the best properties have been selected, we assess the market price via best market value data given by “Agenzia delle Entrate” and other sources. In this way, L&G can cast influence, and sometimes prove critical, in tipping the balance in our clients’ favour, avoiding hidden fees or overpriced contracts.
Clients receive fortnight reports enabling them to review the work undertaken, to date, on their behalf. Reports review search activity and highlight any conclusions and/or changes to the brief.
Once a transaction is agreed, we proactively co-ordinate all parties and oversee the entire process on their client’s behalf. The aim is to ensure the purchase proceeds to completion as swiftly as possible.
Having full Membership status of UK and Italian professional bodies “Architect Registration Board” and “Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Potenza”, L&G Properties can supervise restoration of properties. Our services are project and site management related, being registered professional, so we will add value to your Italy “place in the sun” project!
