About Us: What is Local Surveyors Direct?

Local Surveyors Direct is a property website that helps link customers with suppliers. Our main business is helping home owners and home buyers make contact with Building Surveyors, Structural Engineers, Architects, Domestic Energy Assessors, Electricians, Drainage Contractors and other people providing property related services. In addition to domestic property we also provide a comprehensive range of services for commercial property. These services are provided over the whole of the United Kingdom by a comprehensive network of suppliers which has been steadily built up since the website first started operating in 2005.

To operate the system a customer enters their property details and immediately gets a list of possible suppliers with full contact details.

For example; a customer (Home Seller) looking for a Home Information Pack would enter his or her property details onto the website and would immediately be given a number of estimates from suppliers who cover the local area. Full contact details for each supplier would also be listed and at the same time the customer’s details would be sent to the suppliers. There is no delay. Full contact details are provided immediately. The customer is then able to make direct contact with potential suppliers. This allows very fast and efficient communications and at the same time cuts out the middle man. Suppliers tend to be relatively local and hence are able to offer their services directly at very competitive rates.

The trend that we see happening is that customers are becoming more empowered to find and use suppliers who are ever more local. This means less travelling for suppliers, less traffic on the road burning up petrol and the net result is a much more environmentally friendly process, which benefits all of us. At the same time it saves money.

Customers using the website do so for free. The website is funded by the large number of suppliers who pay moderate fees to be listed in their areas.

If you would like to try us out, please select your desired service from the buttons on the left and work through the forms entering your information.

If you wish to contact us at Local Surveyors Direct, please click on Contact Us.

If you are a potential supplier and you would like your details listed on the Local Surveyors Direct website, please go the  Work for Us page for more information.

If you operate a website and would like to provide our service to your customers, please go to our 'Affiliate Scheme' page for more details

What the customers say about us.

Customers receive a feedback email three weeks after their initial enquiry was made. This allows them to comment on anything relating to the website and the suppliers listed. The following is a selection of real feedback from these customers. In each case we have removed the names (XXXX) to retain anonymity but other than that the information is as received. Customer comments are as follows:

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SITE AND DELIVERS EXACTLY WHAT A SEARCHER WOULD EXPECT FROM IT. CONGRATULATIONS

Website was efficient and easy to navigate. Contact from various EPC surveyors prompt. Sensible price (unlike from estate agents!) and polite, efficient service from my surveyor.

I used XXXX as they were the nearest to my home. The electrician, was punctual and professional. I will use your service again and keep his details for any further work.

I was very satisfied thank you. The list of quotes was good, I contacted a number of the companies and chose to use XXXX. He came the following day to carry out the EPC and sent me the certificate and info the same day. He was friendly, efficient, competitive and knowledgeable about the property market. Great service. Thanks

Excellent, Excellent web site, I had been told it would cost thousands to have the drains CCTV and your web site came back instantly with 3 quotes all under £300. Then XXXX came out for a charge of £160 and I thought when he gets here it will be more for this and more for that but it was not I was very impressed with both your service and his.

I can recommend the site, it was easy to use, quick in response. I will use someone off the list, cos much less expensive than the quote that i had of nearly 400 pounds. i'll let you know who i go with.

The website was easy to use and gave a good number of estimates. The estimates were usually correct on confirmation with the providers. I was actually calling from a firm of solicitors so I had to made up the property criteria and then follow up with telephone calls.

In response to your e-mail, the website did operate satisfactorily when I requested estimates for a building survey. I used XXXX who completed the survey to my satisfaction. In all, I was pleased with the service as it saved me a lot of time phoning around for different quotes.

I can only give limited response as I requested this info on behalf of someone else. Here's what I have:
1. The website worked fine, and I got what I expected. Three local suppliers on the list made contact by email or phone within 24 hours.
2. I passed the info to my relative who is selling the property. She was very pleased with the information as there were a number of suppliers offering the service at a far more competitive price than she had been quoted by local estate agents. Until she received this info she was unaware that companies other than Estate agents could provide a Hip, or that the price could vary so much.

Website has proved a fast and efficient service for locating surveyors who can provide the Energy Performance Certificate required for sale of our larger properties. We placed an order with XXXX. on the strength of the information provided, and they provided the report with equal speed and efficiency. We have since used the website again with equal success, which was recommended by our solicitors.

Nice to be able to pick out surveyors according to cost – I went for mid ground on this. There was no quibble or addition to the quoted cost by the surveyor so I knew exactly what I was getting for exactly that amount.

Website was fine, easy to use and provided good information. I did follow up and had an EPC from XXXX with a HIP from XXXX. Still awaiting report but so far all work carried out has been good.

Your website was a very useful tool as I had no idea of where to start in a search for a surveyor, so thank you! Website very quick in supplying estimates. 3 firms contacted me to confirm quote on website. Order placed with XXXX. Work excellent. An efficient system all round. Thanks.

Very useful website -structural engineers are not that easy to find in this area and could not find one from other sources.

THE COMPANY REPLIED TO MY EMAIL PROMPTLY AND THE ELECTRICIAN WAS THERE THE NEXT DAY. THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND THEY CAME STRAIGHT BACK OUT WITH NO HESITATION. I WOULD DEFINITELY USE THEM AGAIN AND RECOMMEND THEM.

The service works well and presents you with all the necessary information, and saved me a lot of time hunting through Yellow Pages and Directories.

I found the website very helpful. I received an answer very quickly and would recommend and use your services again. I did follow up by placing an order with XXXX and I am very pleased with the work carried out. I would like to thank you for all your help and look forward to using your services in the future

I received e-mail with quotes within a few minutes and XXXX phoned me shortly afterwards to follow up. I subsequently commissioned them to carry out the drainage survey which they did extremely quickly and efficiently. XXXX even delivered it to my door the morning he did the survey. A fantastic service I am in the middle of buying a property so anyone who helps to make the process less stressful is a hero in my books!

A great website, very handy it takes a lot of the work away from what would normally be a tedious task. Thankyou.

Website was very quick and efficient. Full marks! I used XXXX, one of the service supplies listed. His work was more than satisfactory. Very good service overall from all parties concerned.

Website operate well, giving me a variety of quotes quickly. I placed an order with XXXX. The work was carried out within 2 days and was excellent. Marvellous & extremely helpful service, I would recommend to anyone looking for local structural surveyors!