E P C S COMPLAINT PROCEDURE

If you have a complaint, then this note sets out the procedure which we will follow in dealing with that complaint.

1. A person has been appointed in this office to deal with complaints, and you should not hesitate to contact the relevant person. Details are set out below:

Simon Edge-Partington FRICS
Trevallon House
4 Cockshot Road
Reigate
Surrey RH2 7HD
Tel 01737 249616

2. Where your complaint is initially made orally, you will be requested to send a written summary of your complaint to the person dealing with it.

3. Once we have received your written summary of the complaint, we will contact you in writing within twenty-one days to inform you of our understanding of the circumstances leading to your complaint. You will be invited to make any comments that you may have in relation to this.

4. Within twenty-one days of receipt of your written summary, the person dealing with your complaint will write to you, in order to inform you of the outcome of the investigation into your complaint and to let you know what actions have been or will be taken.

5a. Businesses -  If the complaint has still not been resolved to your satisfaction, we agree to the referral of your complaint to the Surveyors and Valuers Arbitration Scheme operated by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 24 Angel Gate, City Road, London EC1V 2RS from whom details of the Scheme may be obtained.

5b. Consumers - If the complaint has still not been resolved to your satisfaction after three months, you may refer the matter to the Surveyors Ombudsman Service.