About 80 standard items
Building fabric, windows and doors, services, damp, finishes, drainage, compliance and further surveys, with a search box.
Repair Cost Estimates
Put a budget beside every recommendation.
PropertySurvey Pro lets you add an estimated cost to each repair you recommend, from a library of standard building, services, compliance and survey items or your own. The report totals them in a clear table, with VAT if you need it, and your independent surveyor disclosure beside them.
Estimated costs your client can act on
Buyers, landlords and property managers ask what the works will cost before they ask anything else. On a survey’s Essential Costs screen, load the standard items that fit what you found, from roof repairs and replacement windows to an electrical rewire or a fire risk assessment, then adjust each price to your own rates. Mark anything that needs a specialist as Seek Further Advice, hide a price you would rather not show, and switch on VAT. The total on the survey screen, the report and the PDF always agree, and long descriptions wrap in full rather than being cut short.
Your own prices
Change any description or price, or add custom items for anything not listed.
Seek Further Advice
Items that need a specialist print without a price and stay out of the total.
VAT and totals
Subtotal, VAT at your rate and the total, the same on the survey, the report and the PDF.
Independence statement
Your independent surveyor disclosure prints with the costs, switched on or off for each survey.
Free to use
Essential Costs and the standard items are part of the free app.
Frequently asked questions
Can a property survey report include repair cost estimates?
Yes. Tap Essential Costs on the Survey Dashboard to add it to the survey, then add the works you recommend, each with a price. The report and the PDF print them as a summary of estimated costs near the end, totalled in your region’s currency. They are estimates for budgeting, not a quotation.
Which standard items are included?
Standard Items offers about 80 typical jobs in eight groups: external and structural, windows, doors and joinery, services and heating, dampness and insulation, internal and finishes, drainage and grounds, compliance and safety, and surveys and inspections. They run from roof repairs and repointing to an EICR, a boiler service, fire doors and a CCTV drainage survey. Search the list, tick what you need, and change any description or price to match your own rates.
What if a repair needs a specialist to price it?
Mark the item Seek Further Advice. It prints without a price and is left out of the total, so the figure your client sees only adds up the works you have priced. You can also hide the price of one item, which the total leaves out, or switch on Hide Amounts in Report to list the works without any figures.
Can the costs include VAT?
Yes. Switch on VAT on the Essential Costs screen and set the rate, which starts at 20%. The report shows the subtotal, the VAT and the total, and the survey screen shows the same total as the report and the PDF.
Where does the independent surveyor disclosure go?
Write your independence statement once in Settings, Reports, Independent surveyor disclosure, and switch it on. It prints with the estimated costs near the end of every report. On each survey’s Essential Costs screen you can switch it off or reword it for that survey only, with Smart Build to help. Left blank, it never prints.
Do long cost descriptions get cut off?
No. Each description wraps onto as many lines as it needs, in the survey, on the report screen and in the PDF, and the price stays in its own column.
Is it included in the free app?
Yes. Essential Costs, the standard items and the disclosure are part of the free app.
Give clients a figure, not just a finding
Estimated repair costs are free in PropertySurvey Pro, on iPhone, iPad and Android.