The e.surv story began in 1989 when, as GA Valuations, we formed a subsidiary of general insurance provider, General Accident.
In 1992, the valuation business was separated from the company’s estate agency division and in 1999, on the cusp of a new millennium, we rebranded as e.surv Chartered Surveyors.
General Accident (then known as CGU) merged with Norwich Union in 2000 – the same year that we took our first valuation booking over the internet. We’ve been tracking and reporting everything online ever since.
Of course, what seemed like futuristic technology back then now forms part of daily life, but that hasn’t stopped us from trying to find new and better ways of doing the things that make a difference to our customers.
It wasn’t until 2004 that e.surv and our sister company, Your Move, left Norwich Union, and LSL Property Services PLC was formed. The Group continued its expansion through the acquisition of Reeds Rains Estate Agency, Homefast Property Lawyers, St Trinity Asset Management (formerly Halifax Corporate Services) and Templeton LPA.
In 2006, LSL Property Services plc was listed on the UK Stock Exchange in a £220m flotation and today, it remains one of the country’s leading providers of residential property services.
And e.surv? We’ve remained profitable despite experiencing some of the worst conditions in the UK housing market for over 25 years and have gone on to win award after award within our industry.
We’re very proud of the award-winning business we’ve built, and of the people we call clients and colleagues. Given our success to date, imagine what we can achieve together in the future…
Our purpose, vision and values underpin everything we do at e.surv, every day. They define us and set the tone for the way we work. And because we believe that success comes from within, we’ve developed an honest and open culture that empowers our people to do their best, and enables our business to deliver results.
To be the most respected and most trusted residential property risk and surveying experts in the UK
We’re committed to working in a way that both respects and protects our environment and reduces carbon emissions. That’s why we always email our reports to you (although you can request a paper copy at an additional cost) and when we produce printed literature, we use paper from sustainable forests.
And, as we’re conscious of all the miles our surveyors rack up as they travel around the UK, the carbon emissions of our main car fleet are capped at 130g/km.