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An Irish Property & Engineering Surveyors Blog!
Navigating the Irish property market can feel like walking a tightrope, but buying or selling a home in the West of Ireland doesn’t have to mean stepping into the unknown. Written by the expert structural engineering survey team at My Engineer Ltd, the mypropertysurvey.ie blog delivers clear, independent, and jargon-free guidance on everything from pre-purchase structural surveys and snag lists to rural planning permission, boundary compliance, and grant eligibility. Whether you are a first-time buyer in Galway, a vendor getting ready to sell in Mayo, our blog brings you direct insights straight from the boots on the ground—helping you spot potential structural defects, meet legal requirements, and protect your investment with total confidence.
Under the Roofline: How Concrete Ring Beams Perform in Galway and Mayo Builds.
A concrete ring beam runs horizontally around your house at the top of the external walls for the entire perimeter of the structure. Historically, you would find them included with the reconstruction of stone-wall cottages to regularise the top of uneven rubble-based walls and to stabilise that structure to better resist roof loads. Is discovering a concrete ring beam bad news for homeowners in Galway and Mayo? In short – no. It ties your walls together; it distributes roof loads and when executed well it prevents structural cracking.
The difference between a Snag List and a Property Survey.
A question that often arises when surveying property is “what is the difference between a Snag List and a Property Survey?”. In general, a ‘Snag List’ is undertaken on NEW property and is only for NEW BUILDS. A ‘Property Survey’ is for second-hand homes.
Property Surveys of Older Houses & Protected Structures in Galway & Mayo
Older and Protected Structures present different challenges when surveying. Often, the problems with such structures are more so a result of the intervention afterwards and the modernisation of such structures…
Top 5 Defects found in Galway Property in 2026...
At myPropertySurvey.ie, we inspect a number of different and complex properties each year. Whilst each property is unique, there are common defects found in the vast majority! We have identified 5 Common Defects that we regularly find in our structural property surveys in Galway…
Getting a Property Survey Report in Gort, Co. Galway
Our offices are based in Tuam, but with the construction of the M17 / M18 motorway, it has made areas like Loughrea and Gort very accessible. We have undertaken a number of pre-purchase structural surveys and Engineers Reports in Gort and Loughrea.