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NeilLoftingisaCharteredBuildingSurveyor andownerofWestOneSurveyors Hehas over30yearsofexperienceinbuilding surveyingandconstructionandwithover20 yearsasaCharteredSurveyor Onleaving school,NeilstudiedforaNationalDiplomain buildingStudiesatSouthKentCollegeand thenwentontostudyforaHigherNational DiplomainConstructionatCanterbury College.Hecompletedhisformaleducation withadegreeinBuildingSurveying,awarded byTheUniversityofGreenwichin1999and becameaprofessionalmemberoftheRoyal InstitutionofCharteredSurveyorsin2002.
Neilhasworkedforavarietyofcompanies, fromsmalllocalpracticestoglobal companies,withhistwomostrecent appointmentpriortosettingupWestOne SurveyorsbeinganAssociateDirectorinthe WestEndmultidisciplinarypracticeHartnell TaylorCookandasaCharteredBuilding SurveyorwithglobalLossAdjusters CunninghamLindsey.NeilThenwentontoset upWestOneSurveyorsin2011.Hehasworked onavarietyofbuildingtypesfromhistoric propertiesthroughtomultistoreybuildingsof modernconstruction,andacrossavarietyof sectorsincludingresidential,education, commercial,retailandindustrial
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Neilisregardedasanexpertininsurance surveyingmattersandbuildingsurveying, andhisindepthknowledgeofbuilding defectscoupledwithawideunderstandingof avarietyofperilsincludingfires,floods, subsidence,escapesofwaterandstorm damageetc,heregularlyadvisesloss adjusters,assessors,insurersandprivate clientsonthebuildingelementsofinsurance claims Thishasincludedsmallclaims, clarificationofcontentiousissuesthroughto surgeeventsandcomplexandmajorlosses forbothcommercialandresidential properties,includinghistoricandlisted buildings Neilalsoadvisedresidentialand commercialclientsonpropertytransactions andmaintenance,includingpre-purchase surveysandadviceunderThePartywalletc Act1996
Heundertakesdefectsinspections,utilisinga rangeoftechnologiesincludingthermal imaging,CCTV,borescopesandarangeof dampinvestigationanddiagnosisequipment Neilalsoactsincasesinvolvingnegligent designandsurveys,defectiveworkmanship andcontractualissues
ActingasanExpertWitness,Neil takesinstructionsonthe followingmatters: