Any
transaction involving property is likely to be the most important and expensive
most people are likely to be involved with in their lifetime so it is vitally
important to ensure correct, reliable and trustworthy advice is obtained.
The Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors is an independent, representative
professional body, founded by Royal Charter and regulating specialists in the
property industry. It is the leading organisation of property professionals in
the world. Through respected global standards, the Institution promotes and
enforces the highest professional standards in the development and management
of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure.
Any client,
either private or corporate, engaging the services of a chartered surveyor will
therefore benefit from:
The
services of comprehensively trained and knowledgeable surveyors who come under
the regulatory control of the RICS.
All
practising RICS members will be qualified to the highest standards in the profession and will have completed a
lengthy and comprehensive
period of training to obtain their professional qualifications. To gain qualifications from the RICS, rigorous requirements
for both experience and education must be met, meaning all members of the RICS
are qualified to help in all aspects of property affairs.
All
RICS members are bound by the by laws of the Institution and firms will be regulated by the RICS which
imposes a minimum level of competence and professional standards and obliges
its members to demonstrate their
compliance.
For
consumer protection it is a mandatory requirement for RICS members to have
adequate Professional Indemnity Insurance in place to cover the work they undertake together with an approved
redress scheme to provide an independent means of resolving any complaints.
RICS
members who hold clients money are required to comply with strict accounting
regulations and also to subscribe to a client money compensation scheme to
ensure the security of clients money.
All
practising RICS members are required to complete, annually, a specified minimum
of Continuing Professional Development to ensure that knowledge and procedures
are kept up to date - vital in a fast moving and increasingly regulated
economy. The RICS provides training to ensure the expertise, skill and
knowledge of all their members is appropriate and relevant during their career
as a RICS member.
RICS
members are required to maintain the highest ethical standards at all times and
to comply with mandatory rules of conduct, anti bribery, anti money laundering
legislation and data protection.
RICS
accreditation can be relied upon and trusted by both businesses and private individuals.
There are
therefore many good reasons to employ a chartered surveyor.
Please contact us on
024 7622 8111 or
commercial@loveitts.co.uk