We inspect houses and flats in Akhalsheni and provide technical supervision over renovation and construction carried out by others. We come with a thermal camera, moisture meter, laser level and socket tester, and deliver the report with photographs within a day. Ten minutes from our base in Batumi, so a visit is usually arranged within the next few days.
What we check
Geometry of walls and ceilings and deviations from level; roof, gutters, junctions and the state of the plinth; waterproofing of bathrooms and terraces, moisture in the structures; engineering — the board and the electrics, the water and drainage, the heating; drainage across the plot and the condition of the retaining structures; the actual floor area and layout against the documents.
What we find in Akhalsheni
The village stands on a slope above the city, and almost every finding has to do with water. Runoff from the plots above comes downhill, and if nobody has taken it away in an organised manner it ends up against a plinth or washes out the access road.
The second constant theme is terraces: almost every house has one for the view, but the waterproofing and the fall are treated as a finish, so a year later it leaks into the room below.
The third finding can be unpleasant at sale: extensions and added floors built without registration. The actual floor area differs from the registry extract, and that surfaces during the transaction. We compare the documents with the actual building and say so plainly in the report.
Supervision of renovation
If another crew is doing the renovation or the build, we come at the key stages before concealed work is closed up and report after every visit. For owners living abroad this is the only real form of control.
Timing and price
An apartment takes two to three hours, a house with its plot usually half a day. The report follows within a day. The inspection is priced by floor area, supervision by the number of visits; we give the figure by phone.
What to do with the findings
We divide the report into three parts: what is critical and has to be settled before the purchase or the renovation, what can be done within a year, and what simply needs to be kept in mind. That way you have a clear order of action rather than a list of thirty items.
All services in the village: Akhalsheni — renovation, construction, custom furniture, cleaning. General terms: site supervision; nearby we also work in Batumi.