Chartered Building Surveyors and Historic Building Specialists
RICS Regulated Practice
Welcome to Witcombe Surveying and Conservation Ltd. A Hastings based practice specialising in period and Listed properties covering the Hastings, St Leonards, Bexhill, Cranbrook and Rye areas. We’ll help you decide whether to purchase, maintain or upgrade a property and the cost of undertaking such works.
Experience
Our principal David Witcombe (BSc, MSc, RICS, IHBC), is an award-winning historic building specialist and personally undertakes all inspections. With 20+ years of experience, David’s passion and expertise are evident in every report he delivers.
Independence
We take pride in being fully independent to act in your best interests and do not pay referral fees to Estate Agents or receive commissions from contractors.
Specialists
We specialise in pre-purchase surveys and don’t split our expertise or life long learning with other services such as dilapidations and party wall work.

Helping you make the right decisions before purchasing a home.
Our detailed Level 3 Building Surveys and Level 2 Homebuyers Reports uncover and disclose any major structural issues you need to be aware of, potentially saving you thousands. We identify any essential repairs you’ll have to budget for to prevent future deterioration or dampness.

We place immense importance on offering good value to our customers.
Our complete and transparent home surveys can keep you from unknowingly committing yourself to thousands of pounds worth of repair works – if we identify one major defect, you’re likely to be able to save the survey fee many times over through negotiation prior to purchase.


Award-winning historic building specialist.
Our principal David Witcombe (BSc, MSc, RICS, RPSA), personally undertakes all inspections to offer a first-class, bespoke service. With over 20 years of experience, David’s passion and expertise are evident in every report he delivers. You can be confident that our service will meet the consistently high standards we’re known for.
If you are looking for a surveyor with integrity and attention detail for your traditional house purchase look no further
I run a roofing company and I often come across David's surveys when clients ask us to quote for work highlighted by David. David's surveys are exceptionally descriptive and I can often quote work from the survey directly without seeing the property.
I wouldn't hesitate in recommending Witcombe Surveying and Conservation to home buyers in the future, David is a exceptional surveyor and provides an excellent service.
Most definately the right man for the job! Thanks David.
They were superb in every respect and I would recommend them highly.
As probably your single largest investment in life, it's important to know all you can about your potential new home. As a result we cannot recommend David Witcombe of Witcombe Surveying and Conservation enough. His obvious experience and wealth of knowledge produced an extremely comprehensive and detailed report (more than we expected), which you can easily understand. The report really opens your eyes to all issues (large or small), allowing you to make a fully informed decision. Not only that, David is keen to discuss any issues and help you find realistic solutions. The survey report has been invaluable in our purchase process - which hasn't concluded yet ! We are very appreciative of David's continued assistance in our journey. We would definitely recommend Witcombe Surveying and Conservation. Again, our thanks.