Technical Due Diligence
Independent technical assessment ahead of acquisition or investment — establishing what a building actually is before capital is committed, not after.
What it covers
A buyer, funder or investor needs to know a building's condition, defects and constraints before exchange, not after. Technical Due Diligence is direct, evidenced assessment scoped specifically to the transaction it supports and delivered against the timeline that transaction requires — a survey that answers the question a deal actually turns on, not a generic condition report.
When Harper Vale is engaged
Before an offer is finalised or exchange takes place, while the findings can still change a transaction's terms — or a client's decision to proceed at all.
What Harper Vale does
- Existing building and condition assessment — a direct, evidenced account of a building's current physical condition, set out clearly enough to inform a commercial decision.
- Pre-acquisition and transactional surveys — assessment scoped to the specific transaction, not a generalist report answering the wrong question well.
- Site inspection — focused, on-site technical inspection of a specific building, element or defect, where the question is narrower than a full condition survey.
- Technical reporting — clear, evidenced written assessment for a client, funder or design team who need a defensible answer, not a hedge.
Related expertise
- Property Advisory — where technical findings feed directly into an acquisition or hold-strategy decision.
- Heritage & Conservation — where the building under assessment is a heritage asset with its own technical constraints.
- Project & Construction — technical due diligence for schemes moving on into a construction programme.