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The professional advice on measuring your room (Su

The survey Many Chartered Surveyors will undertake " measured surveys" of most homes, and for this there would be a minimum fee for measuring and drawing up surveys. Fees are likely to be based on an hourly rate and anything from £50-£100 per hour subject to where you are in the UK. If you wish to attempt the survey yourself here are some tips: •First, sketch out the shape of the room on a clean sheet of paper, adding all features such as doors, windows, niches, alcoves etc to your sketch. •Only when you are happy that the sketch is representative of the room should you reach for the tape measure. •Begin by measuring the overall length and depth of the room. Draw a line on the plan to remind you where this relates to and make a note of the dimension just above the line. •Repeat this exercise to record all other dimensions on the plan. •Double check that the smaller dimensions add up to the overall length and more »