Website Evaluation
Warehouse Surveyor
Warehouse Surveyor Competition
Website One
Features and Benefits
This website is not purely for surveying purposes as it also has commercial property for sale and to let.
Quick property search with tenure and type filters
Appearance is navy and white with yellow accent colour, clear, clean and professional.
Small number of focussed website pages
Badges:
RICS
Blog/News:
No section on website
Social Media:
206 Twitter followers, following 188, 4 Facebook followers
Services:
Commercial building surveys nor schedules are on offer – focus is on valuations, rent review and lease consultancy and dispute resolution.
Keywords:
None available
Ad Copy:
None available
Above the fold:
Very simplistic
Navigation and User experience:
Easy to navigate
Load Speed:
6.30 s
Negative areas:
No Call to Action phone number or email link at the top right of the pages
Lacks content – several pages have a small number of words
Age of website:
Domain registered in May 2003
Position of website on Google search page:
Number 5 natural search
Date reviewed:
14 March 2018
Website developer:
Not credited.
Website Two
Features and Benefits
Navigation is clear and sticky – following you down the page
Specific to a particular area – Thames Valley
Site not specifically for building surveys as also covers commercial property search as they are also commercial property agents
Badges:
None
Services:
Divided into four areas: Commercial Property Agency, Development Land & Planning, Valuation and Consultancy, Building Surveying
All with links to Key People and Case Studies at the bottom of each page making it quick and simple to call or email whichever member of team you require help from.
Building Services:
Very little information
No example surveys
No images
About:
Divided into Overview, History and Clients – just text, rather wordy and not very punchy
News:
Latest 16 February 2018, regular posts 1 or 2 a month
Social Media:
829 Twitter followers, following 505, 292 Facebook followers, 158 Linkedin followers
Case Studies:
Only 3, odd as when you drag on them they slide across again and again repeating the same case studies – you think there are more but just repeated
Our People:
Fairly standard layout with black and white photos and link to short paragraph focussing on qualifications and work experience.
Keywords:
Valuation consultants
Above the fold:
Huge image with focus on property search
Navigation and User experience:
Clear, sticky navigation bar and sub navigation to quickly take the website viewer to the area of the website they are most interested in.
Load Speed:
1.24s
Negative areas:
No Call to Action phone number or email top right
Pale grey text on white background not the clearest to read
Age of website:
Domain registered in Jan 2004
Position of website on Google search page:
Number 7 natural search
Date reviewed:
14 March 2018
Website developer:
TLDG
Website Three
Features and Benefits
Site not solely focussed on surveying as also covers commercial property search
Large, eye catching changing images
Free download of Market Comment including sector knowledge, regional information and analysis.
Client Log in area
Badges:
Impressive collection of company logos of some of their clients
Our People:
As the company has a large number of people helpful filter box to direct you to the person most suited to help you.
News:
Latest 12 March 2018, regular posts 2 or 3 a month
Loads in batches rather than a long, long page of posts
Social Media:
502 Twitter followers, following 70, Facebook followers, 1001 Linkedin followers
Keywords:
East London commercial property, commercial property for sale in east London, commercial property agents east London, small commercial buildings for sale, commercial industrial property for sale, industrial property listings, commercial real estate for sale, industrial property to let, commercial warehouses to let, commercial units for sale, property letting companies, lease industrial property, industrial property to rent, industrial properties for sale, commercial land sales, properties agents, industrial sites for sale, property commercial for sale, commercial properties for sale, property business, house agencies, commercial leasing properties, commercial real estate tampa florida
Ad Copy:
Chartered Surveyors and Consultants
Chartered Surveyors and Property Consultants
Above the fold:
Focuses on Commercial Property Search more than their surveying services
Buttons:
About Us, Our Services and Our People but you have to scroll down to see these as not visible above fold
Navigation and User experience:
Simple and effective
Load Speed:
10.51 s
Negative areas:
Large home page banner does not have navigation arrows/buttons so you have to wait to get back to the Free download if you missed clicking on it at the beginning.
Services:
Building Consultancy
Just a simple list of services provided such as Dilapidations, Schedules of Condition and Licences – no detailed information or example surveys
Age of website:
Domain registered in Aug 1998
Position of website on Google search page:
Number 8 natural search
Date reviewed:
14 March 2018
Website developer:
Not identified
Review
Website One 5/10
Website Two 5/10
Website Three 5/10
Key Points
Key points to bring to the attention of our Warehouse Surveyor website viewers are:-
- Surveyors who specialise and are experts with warehouses small or large
- Help for warehouse tenants and landlords
- Help with all Era’s, types and styles of industrial warehouse buildings
- USP’s –
- Independent Surveyors working for you and only you with your best interests at heart
- Very detailed Schedule of Condition protects you and limits your future liabilities
- Meet your Surveyor at the property to discuss any issues
- Free Example Surveys
- Warehouse Dilaps negotiation service – we act Fast and are Effective to get you the best result
- We can provide lots of helpful warehouse dilaps information and understand and adhere to Dilaps Protocol
- Highly qualified Independent Chartered Surveyors with many, many years of warehouse experience
- Unique survey sketches to ensure you understand the problem or characteristic
- Hundreds of high resolution, digital photos including aerial view 360 photos.
- Clear Call to Action to Phone Us on our Free phone 0800 298 5424 number
- Fast load times
- Clear, easy Navigation
- Testimonials/Reviews
- Ensure keywords are included on strong, relevant pages.