Pricing · Quoted in 24 Hours
Fixed prices. No surprises.
Every instruction is quoted in writing within 24 hours, and the quote is the invoice. Here are the prices, what sets them, what is always included, and what never turns up as an extra.
Residential · Plus VAT
What it costs.
Fixed prices, quoted in writing before we attend. The quote is the invoice.
Prices are shown plus VAT, with the VAT-inclusive figure beside them. VAT is charged at 20%.
Inventory & check-in
Check-in included- Studio / 1 bedroom
- £75£90 inc
- 2 bedrooms
- £90£108 inc
- 3 bedrooms
- £110£132 inc
- 4 bedrooms
- £135£162 inc
- 5+ bedrooms / HMO
- Quoted
Furnished adds £20 + VAT. The check-in with the tenant is included free when booked with the inventory, or £75 + VAT on its own.
Check-out & comparison
- Studio / 1 bedroom
- £75£90 inc
- 2 bedrooms
- £85£102 inc
- 3 bedrooms
- £100£120 inc
- 4 bedrooms
- £120£144 inc
- 5+ bedrooms / HMO
- Quoted
Walked against the original inventory, changes appended. We keep your check-in record on file at no charge so the comparison is possible.
Mid-term inspection
£75 + VAT£90 inc VAT
Per visit. £65 + VAT per visit on a round of five or more properties.
HMO inspection
from £95 + VAT£114 inc VAT
Rooms recorded individually, communal areas separated.
Vacant property visit
£65 + VAT£78 inc VAT
Per visit, on a contracted interval.
EPC (launching)
£69 inc VAT
Fixed. Lodged on the national register within 24 hours of the visit. The one thing we price including VAT, because it is a certificate rather than a report.
Commercial · Plus VAT
Priced on a day rate.
A shop unit is a different scale of document to a flat, so commercial work is priced on time on site plus time writing up, not a room count.
Schedule of condition
from £450 + VAT
Small retail or office unit. Priced on a day rate, not a room count.
Interim inspection
from £250 + VAT
Walked against the original schedule.
Exit record
from £350 + VAT
The unit walked again at lease end, changes appended.
Vacant property visit
from £75 + VAT
Per visit, on the interval your insurer sets.
Residential · What Sets the Price
Four things, and nothing hidden.
Send us these four and the quote comes back the same day.
D.01
Size of the property
A studio and a five-bedroom HMO are not the same afternoon. We price by bedroom count and the number of rooms actually walked, including exterior, garage and outbuildings.
D.02
Furnished or unfurnished
Furnished means every item is listed, graded and photographed. That roughly doubles the rows in a living room, so it is priced accordingly. Part-furnished sits between.
D.03
Which visit
The inventory is the longest job and the most expensive. A check-out is walked against it and takes less time. A check-in is shorter again, and a mid-term is the quickest of the four.
D.04
One property or a portfolio
Agents and portfolio landlords who instruct regularly get a per-visit rate agreed up front for the year. Mid-term rounds are priced as a round, not as single visits.
In the Price · Not in the Price
The quote is the invoice.
Always included
- Every row photographed, exhibit-numbered and included in the PDF
- Keys, meter readings and alarm tests recorded on page one
- Tenant walk-through and signature at check-in
- Written report the next working day, and anything flagged emailed the same day
- The record kept on file for the check-out, at no charge
- Copies to the landlord, the agent and the tenant
- Travel within Lincoln and the towns we list
Never an extra
- A charge for photographs, or for more of them
- A charge to re-send or re-issue a report
- A fee to the tenant, for anything, ever
- A price that changes after the visit
Commercial: priced on a day rate, not a room count
A schedule of condition for a shop unit or office is priced on time on site plus time writing up, because the document is a different scale to a flat inventory. Interim inspections and exit records are priced against the original schedule. Vacant property visits are priced per visit on a contracted interval, which is usually the one your insurer sets.
The commercial ladderAsked & answered.
Yes. The figure we quote is the figure on the invoice. The tables on this page are the standard rates for a straightforward property; if something about yours changes the job — an unusual number of rooms, a long drive, a same-day turnaround — we say so in the quote, before you book, rather than adding it afterwards.
Within 24 hours of the enquiry, in writing, by email or WhatsApp. If you send the address, bedroom count and whether it is furnished, it is usually much quicker than that.
Yes. The Surveyor Co is a trading name of LW Renovation Group Ltd, which is VAT registered. Quotes show the price and the VAT separately so there is no confusion later.
No. Since the Tenant Fees Act 2019, inventory, check-in and check-out fees cannot be charged to a tenant or taken from the deposit. The landlord or the agent pays.
Not within Lincoln, Newark, Grantham, Sleaford, Gainsborough and the villages between. Further out, we say so in the quote before you book, not on the invoice.
On a day rate rather than a room count. A schedule of condition for a shop unit is a different scale of document to a flat inventory, and the fee reflects the time on site and the time writing it up. Vacant property rounds are priced per visit on a contracted interval.
Yes. Letting agents and portfolio landlords who instruct us regularly get a per-visit rate agreed for the year, and mid-term rounds are priced as a round. Ask with a rough property count.
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Address, bedrooms, furnished or not, and which visit. Written price within 24 hours.
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