Independent property surveying,
delivered differently.
Professional residential surveys and valuations, combining fifteen years of property experience with a genuinely personal service. The surveyor who inspects your home is the one who writes the report and talks you through it.
Regulated and accredited
Three ways I can help you buy well.
Residential Valuation
An independent figure from a registered valuer, written in plain terms.
RICS Level 2 Home Survey
A clear, easy-to-read report on the condition of a normal house. Drone inspection included as standard.
RICS Level 3 Building Survey
A thorough inspection for older or altered homes, and what to do about it. Drone inspection included as standard.
Not sure which one you need?
Tell us about the house and I will tell you honestly which one you need — including when the cheaper one is the right one.
Ask usYou’ll always know what happens next.
Choose your survey
Or just call and describe the house — I’ll tell you which one you need.
Get your quote
A fixed price by email, always within 48 hours. No hidden extras.
Book a date
Pick a day that suits you. I sort access with the agent myself.
I inspect the house
Properly, and for as long as it takes. I ring you the same day with the headlines.
Report in three days
In plain English, photographed throughout — then a call to talk it through.
A survey is only as good as the surveyor who walks the building.
I’m Adam. I’ve spent fifteen years looking at houses across South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and north Nottinghamshire — surveying them, valuing them, and working out why they go wrong.
I set up Apricot to do this work properly: fewer jobs a week, more time on site, and a report written for the person buying the house rather than for a filing cabinet.
Every inspection is carried out by me and every report is written by me. Our office handles the calls and emails, so enquiries get answered quickly and I am on site rather than stuck at a desk.
South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw, and a fair way past both.
I’m based between Worksop and Retford, so most of the houses I survey are within half an hour of me. That is the point: I can get there quickly, and I know what the local housing stock does — the colliery terraces, the estate builds, the stone cottages that have been extended three times.
Also Harworth & Bircotes, Blyth, Tuxford, Ollerton, Bawtry, Misterton and the villages in between — across South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Further afield is usually fine, just ask.