Material Info Part B: How to read the room

Estate Agents are now required to follow the advice and recommendations contained in the guidance by NTSELAT under “Part B Material Information” published in November 2023. This guidance includes measurements, types of rooms and room sizes.

In a recent survey, nearly half (48%) of homes for sale across the UK contained at least one room that was listed incorrectly.

This course sets out the requirements of the NTSELAT’s guidance notes and explains the RICS code of measuring practice by looking at the correct way of measuring rooms and how to accurately describe room sizes using examples. It examines the validity of disclaimers and outlines due diligence defence.

Topics

1 Introduction

2. RICS Code of Measuring Practice

3. International Property Measuring Standards (IPMS)

4. Residential Agency Guidelines (RAG)

5. Gross Internal Floor Area (GIA)

6. Measuring Practices and Specific Examples

7. Room Sizes and The Housing Act 1985

8. NTSELAT Material Information:

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) Code of Practice
Due Diligence Defence
Use of Disclaimers

Virtual classroom Vs face-to-face

Our popular virtual classroom offers a streamlined version of our face-to-face courses. You will benefit from a dedicated session with our expert trainer from the comfort of your home or office. To enable the course to run smoothly, we ask that you mute your microphone unless asking a question and keep your camera on.

With our face-to-face courses you’ll benefit from the full lesson plan plus an increased level of interaction and group work. This is your chance to participate in group discussions with our expert trainer and other delegates on the course.

In-house training

This course is also available as in-house training in your office for groups of five to 20 people. This is an extremely cost-effective way of training larger groups. You just need to provide the coffee and the venue and we'll provide our highly experienced trainers and the course materials.

To discuss your options and to get a quote call the courses team on 01926 417 780 or email [email protected].

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