Owners worried about cracking or movement, renovators wanting to know if a wall is load-bearing, and buyers needing an engineering view on a specific defect.
A site inspection by a chartered structural engineer in Ballast Point's partner network, focused on a specific structural concern — a crack, a sagging beam, a wall you want to remove — followed by a signed letter of advice. It gives you a qualified engineering opinion and clear recommendations without commissioning full structural design.
A chartered structural engineer in Ballast Point's partner network, carrying professional indemnity insurance. BP briefs the engineer, attends where useful and makes sure the letter answers your actual question.
For most single-issue questions a signed letter of advice is exactly what certifiers, insurers and buyers need. If the issue turns out to warrant detailed investigation, the letter will say so.
Yes — whether it is load-bearing and what removing it would broadly involve. The beam design and drawings to actually remove it are a separate, fixed-price engagement.
Yes, to whatever relates to the concern — including roof space or subfloor where relevant. The more access on the day, the firmer the opinion.
The letter defines the problem and the pathway. Design, documentation and rectification are quoted separately, and Ballast Point can carry the project through both design and construction.
