A fast-growing Birmingham property consultancy has been appointed to deliver expert witness services to one of the UK’s leading housing associations.
Birmingham city centre-based Grove West has won a three-year contract from GreenSquareAccord Housing Association to provide expert witness services across its housing portfolio. The contract follows a long and successful working relationship between the two organisations.
Grove West director and chartered building surveyor Lee Higgs said the company was proud to continue its work with GreenSquareAccord.
“We fully understand the pressures faced by housing associations and local authorities in managing ageing, and often complex housing stock, which can be affected by a multitude of issues,” he said.
Grove West supports a range of other local authorities, private landlords and housing associations, providing specialist expertise in building pathology, defect diagnosis and remedial repair solutions, as well as advising on disrepair claims and related housing condition disputes.
Lee Higgs said, “Recent legislation has significantly strengthened the regulatory landscape, increasing expectations on registered providers and intensifying scrutiny from regulators. There is now a clear expectation that building condition and potential disrepair must be properly investigated. In this context access to robust, independent expert advice has become essential.”
Based in Birmingham, GreenSquareAccord Housing Association manages more than 25,000 homes in diverse communities across the Midlands and South West. The association also provides new homes for social and affordable private or shared ownership. Recent developments have been completed in Swindon, Lye, Walsall, Telford, Daventry and Oxford.
Birmingham city centre-based Grove West, headquartered in Temple Street, was founded by co-directors Lee Higgs and Callum Kenny, who between them have more than 25 years’ experience in the property business. The consultancy works across many sectors, providing professional advice to property owners and occupiers, investors, developers and property managers, covering pre-acquisition, concepts, feasibility, design, construction and disposal.
