'Highest level of compliance'
Franks Associates is a firm of Chartered Building Surveyors, a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (The RICS), governed by their regulations and bye-laws.
Offering nationwide coverage, but predominately practicing within the North West of England and London, we provide a thorough, comprehensive and professional service on a wide range of property and construction related issues for our clients.
Our aim is to provide a highly professional service at competitive rates, hopefully giving complete satisfaction and encouraging you to return to us for any future advice you may require. So whether you are a large corporate “blue-chip” company or a homeowner, we can be of assistance to you with any property or construction matter.
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Michael has been in the construction and property industry for now over 30 years. He graduated in 1996 from Liverpool John Moores University with an Honours degree in Building Surveying. Subsequently he gained professional membership to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1999 (MRICS status).
After working for various regional and nationally recognised private practices in London, Liverpool and Manchester, Michael set up Franks Associates in 2004.
Michael has a broad and deep knowledge of most aspects of Building Surveying, with part of his workload being regular instructions from certain leading 100 UK law firms for a wide range of construction and property related issues. He has a particular interest in party wall surveying and assists a number of offshore trusts with various party wall matters relating to their high-end residential properties within Zones 1 and 2 of central London. He is a past Treasurer and an active member of the North West branch of The Pyramus & Thisbe Society (formerly The Pyramus & Thisbe Club).
Michael does take instructions for work nationwide, but predominately practices in the North West, London and Oxford.
Franks Associates have provided us with insurance valuations and schedules of dilapidations for our city centre commercial property estate over many years. We are totally happy with their service and continue to engage them. We have always found them to be utterly professional and to carry out their work to an exacting standard, promptly, and without fuss.
Precise Projects have engaged Franks Associates on a few occasions now, on behalf of our NHS Clients, to prepare Schedules of Condition prior to commencement of lease and also to provide general strategic dilapidation advice, and have found their services in this respect to be very good. Their quality of work is very thorough, accurate and is delivered in a timely manner, which always meets the brief, so I will certainly continue to recommend Franks Associates for future projects, based on the services they have provided to date.
Franks Associates have become a firm fixture in our teams disrepair matters. The administrative support alongside the high quality surveyors and their reports have helped us maintain our excellent Client service, we initially started off with their support with one Client this has now extended to over 8 social housing providers, proof of a job well done.
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