David Rawlins Ltd is based near York and Selby and is chartered with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Membership of RICS serves as a guarantee of professional excellence and ensures that the firm is kept up to date with the latest developments in the field of Residential Surveying. Founded in 1975, David Rawlins Ltd combines expertise in Residential Surveying and Valuation with well honed experience in fields like building pathology, listed building surveys and defect reports. In addition to being a member firm of RICS, David Rawlins Ltd is a member company of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (HESPR). This guarantees that any surveys of historic buildings are carried out with a well developed awareness of the special needs of historic buildings, building pathology examinations are completed with a full realisation of the specific needs of historic features and that all repairs and renovations are done sensitively. David Rawlins Ltd are committed to carrying out any inspections of buildings in a complete manner, taking into account all features of the building and the relationships of these features to each other. This ensures that when inspections are carried out, no pertinent features are missed. David Rawlins have been sure to keep pace with the latest developments in RICS, and are fully trained and able to offer customers the RICS Homebuyer Report which has been mandatory since April 2010. This report is designed to be easy to follow for both home buyers and insurers and uses a traffic light system which is designed to give an at a glance indication as to the condition of a property. Where possible these reports also include an indicative insurance figure so that potential homebuyers can see what their insurance is likely to be and current owners can obtain a more competitive quote when seeking to insure a property.