

Building Survey & Design
Whether you are buying, building, renovating, or restoring property, our experienced surveyors provide residential, agricultural and commercial clients with a range of reliable and efficient property services.
Symonds & Sampson provides a comprehensive range of professional built environment services tailored to residential, commercial, and rural property owners, tenants, and buyers. Our expert team ensures that you have a thorough understanding of a property's condition, risks, and suitability before making any transaction, working closely with property, legal, and planning specialists where necessary to deliver a complete property service.
We specialise in building surveying, offering detailed condition reports and guidance for extensions, renovations, conversions, and developments. Our services include dilapidation advice, party wall negotiations and insurance reinstatement assessments.


Our in-house experts offer a range of architectural, design, project management, and professional services in the residential, rural, and commercial property sectors throughout Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Wiltshire, and Hampshire.
Working in close harmony with our agents, planning and valuation experts, we can offer a complete property service to clients. Using their expertise, they will ensure that your project is properly planned and carried out to a professional standard and within the parameters of any new or imminent legislation. Details of the services they can offer can be found below.
Learn more about our Architectural Design Services
Learn more about our Principal Designer Services
Learn more about our Cost Budgeting & Analysis Services
Learn more about our Building Surveying Services
Learn more about our Development Fund Monitoring Services
Learn more about our Contract Administration Services
Learn more about our Heritage Property Services
Learn more about our Insurance Reinstatement Services
Learn more about our Party Wall Services
Learn more about our Dilapidations & End of Lease Services
Meet the Building Surveying & Design Team

Andrew Keen
Head of Commercial Building Surveying
Sturminster Newton
BEng MPTS IMaPS
Department: Sturminster Newton Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Building Surveying, Design, Commercial Property Management, MANCO, Commercial Lettings, Lease Renewals, Commercial Development, Block Management
01202 639403
07463 887081
akeen@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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James Shapland
Partner
Sturminster Newton
BSc MRICS C.Build E MCABE
Department: Sturminster Newton Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Building Surveying, Design
07549 296723
jshapland@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Patrick Diskin-Barr
Assistant Building Surveyor
Sturminster Newton, Wimborne
Department: Wimborne Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Building Surveying, Design
01202 639400
pdb@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Barnaby Fry
Assistant Building Surveyor
Wimborne
BSc (Hons)
Department: Wimborne Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Building Surveying, Design
01202 639401
bfry@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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