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Newcastle’s Silverstone branches out with new surveying business

Newcastle-based Silverstone Building Consultancy has launched a new surveying business in the residential property market.

Ben Hunter & Richard Farrey, who cofounded Silverstone, have teamed up with former property lawyer Alex Hunter to establish Silverstone Residential Surveys Ltd.

Farrey& Hunter, who launched Silverstone in 2009, see the new business venture as a natural extension of the commercial services they already offer.

Richard explained: “We identified a gap in the market for a local independent residential surveying business that offers the same high level of expertise, experience and commercial awareness as our commercial building consultancy practice.

“The new business will be launched with the benefit of a considerable pool of resources and the collective knowledge-base of our established team.

“Over the past eight years we have carried out many residential building surveys at the request of existing clients and contacts, so this is a natural extension of the services we already offer.

“As we have no ties or associations with any estate agent, bank or any other party, we can give our customers non-conflicting advice written solely for their benefit.”

The new business offers a range of services including home buyer reports, full building surveys and party wall surveys for residential properties. The firm is looking to recruit two new building surveyors to add to its 8-strong team to help deliver the new services.

Alex Hunter, who formerly worked in the commercial property team at Muckle LLP, added: “I am very excited to be joining the Silverstone team to launch this new business. Having previously worked as a solicitor my in-depth knowledge of legal issues relating to property will inevitably prove beneficial.”

She continued: “We believe there is a significant market we can tap into and our aim is to become the first firm of Chartered Building Surveyors people think of when they are considering selling or buying a house.

“We are keen to establish a reputation for providing easy to understand professional advice in a timely manner, delivered by friendly staff who understand the customer’s perspective in what is normally a stressful time.”

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