Building Consultancy

Meet the Team

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  Paul Dudley-Smith

  Director

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  ‪01442 220820‬

  paul.dudley-smith@argroup.co.uk

  Paul Dudley-Smith

  Director

  Paul has a specific responsibility for Building Surveying and Design covering both residential and commercial property. The building surveying team also undertake acquisition surveys on a variety of building types including schools, construction monitoring, specific defect analysis, preparation and negotiation of Schedules of Dilapidation and Schedules of Condition.

  Paul has over 31 years’ experience with Aitchison Raffety, having started his career in the Special Projects Division of the London Borough of Haringey where he undertook repairs and improvements to schools, housing and public buildings. Initially he worked in Berkhamsted and then Northampton, and Milton Keynes, undertaking residential and commercial surveys and valuations and small building projects before joining our building survey team at our Hemel Hempstead office. He became a Group Director responsible for the building surveying team and undertakes survey and project monitoring work in central London and throughout the UK.

  Specialist Areas: 

  • Monitoring building projects on behalf of lenders
  • Work in progress, valuations of construction works
  • Dilapidations
  • Acquisition surveys of residential and commercial properties
  • Residential valuations
  • Insurance reinstatement assessments

  Qualifications:  BSc (Hons) FRICS C. Build E FCABE

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  John Clark

  Associate Director

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  01442 220820

  john.clark@argroup.co.uk

  John Clark

  Associate Director

  John qualified as a Chartered Building Surveyor in 1993 and has been with Aitchison Raffety since 1992.

  He has 30 years of experience of building surveying, design and project management and medical related schemes have accounted for at least half of John’s professional work for over 10 years.

  John has extensive experience in all aspects of the development process and provides services ranging from the design and or project management of new build and extension schemes to monitoring for Funds, PCT’s and Practices.

  John specialises in:

  • Healthcare focusing on primary health and medical centres.

   

   

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  Jamie Curtin

  Associate Director

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  07977 566740

  Jamie.Curtin@argroup.co.uk

  Jamie Curtin

  Associate Director

  Jamie leads the London Building Surveying Team having joined Aitchison Raffety in July 2023. Providing advice across London and the Southeast of England.

  With over 15 years’ experience advising clients across residential and commercial sectors including offices, industrial / warehouses, high street retail, schools, private individual homes, mansion blocks, social housing blocks, and development schemes.

  Jamie is experienced in a wide range of Building Surveying disciplines covering legal and regulatory compliance, defect diagnosis and remedial works, project management, dilapidations, planned maintenance and neighbourly matters amongst other areas.

• Simon Ayles

  Associate Director

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  01442 864713

  simon.ayles@argroup.co.uk

  Simon Ayles

  Associate Director

  Simon is a Chartered Surveyor and RICS Registered Valuer with over 31 years experience primarily in residential property valuation and surveys in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and London. He is a specialist in surveying non traditionally constructed houses and period and listed buildings. Highly experienced in and have acted as a Single Joint Expert for court and matrimonial valuations and providing evidence as a Single Joint Expert at Public Inquiries, The Royal Courts of Justice and County Court.

  Specialist Areas:
  Building Surveys on listed buildings, country houses and non traditionally constructed houses.
  Residential valuations for court purposes, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and help to buy.
  Independent expert reports for building defects and matrimonial purposes.
  Acting as a Single Joint Expert.
  Insurance reinstatement assessments.

  Qualifications: BSc (Hons) MRICS