George Watts

About George

George Watts is Director of Building Consultancy and has vast 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

Experience

• Acted as Employer’s Agent for a multi‑million‑pound industrial refurbishment project at Indurent Park, Newport
• Successfully defended a multi‑million‑pound dilapidations claim on behalf of a public‑sector tenant
• Acted as project manager, including designer and contract administration duties, for an £800,000 refurbishment project in Bridgend for a public‑sector client
• Responded to a landlord’s £500,000 dilapidations claim on behalf of the tenant in the form of a Scott Schedule. Thereafter led negotiations and agreed a commercial settlement of £300,000
• 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 Mumbles, Swansea
• Prepared a 10‑year planned preventative maintenance (PPM) plan for 10 blocks of residential flats on a waterside development in Barry
• Prepared a schedule of dilapidations for a large industrial unit totalling circa £700,000. 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.