George Watts  BSc (Hons), MRICS
Director, Building Consultancy

About George

George Watts is an Director and Building Surveyor with experience in a range of commercial building surveying matters, acting for both private and public sector clients.

George specialises in commercial building surveying:

• Preparing Schedules of Condition;
• Preparing and negotiating Schedules of Dilapidations;
• Preparing Pre-Acquisition Building Surveys;
• Project Management including specification writing and Contract Administration duties;
• Preparing Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) plans;
• Preparing building Reinstatement Cost Assessments;
• Using CAD software to prepare floor plans, elevations and construction details;
• Defect investigation, analysis and repair advice;
• Advising on Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015;
• Preparing Land Registry compliant lease plans;
• Preparation of Planning Applications.

Areas of Expertise

Experience

Acted as Project Manager including Designer and Contract Administration duties for a £800,000.00 refurbishment project in Bridgend for a large public sector client; Responded to a landlords £500,000.00 dilapidations claim on behalf of the tenant in the form of a Scott Schedule. Thereafter, leaded negotiations and agreed a commercial settlement in the sum of £300,000.00; Prepared a detailed Schedule of Condition for six large industrial units ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 sq ft on a private industrial park in Cardiff; Prepared a Pre-Acquisition Building Survey of a period property on behalf of a national bakery chain in The Mumbles, Swansea; Prepared a 10 year Planned Preventative Maintenance plan for 10 blocks of residential flats on a waterside development in Barry; Prepared a Schedule of Dilapidations for a large industrial unit totaling circa £700,000.00. Thereafter, project managed the works on site and served a revised dilapidations claim on completion of the works.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying
• Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Interests

George loves to travel and has recently visited The Gambia, Morocco and Iceland. He also has a passion for hiking and likes to explore the Brecon Beacons, Snowdonia and the Cornish coastline whenever possible. Furthermore, he is a keen sports fan with main interests in football and golf.