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BCIS Risk Solutions - Lookup Service
About the Lookup Service
Increase your buildings insurance business using real-time residential rebuilding cost estimates from the UK's leading independent experts.
The BCIS Residential Rebuilding Cost Lookup Service allows the insurance industry to obtain instant, real-time estimates of a property's rebuilding cost using industry standard XML technology.
The service calculates the rebuilding cost of a residential property given minimal details of the property and is based on the BCIS Rebuilding Cost Models already accepted as standard by surveyors and loss adjusters.
>> Find out more on the Rebuild Cost Lookup Service page or see the Rebuilding Cost Lookup Service PDF
Technical
For an overview of the service, including details of the types of properties covered and what's included in the rebuilding cost calculation, please see the Rebuild Lookup Service Technical Overview PDF
>> PDF's of the Calculation Interface and the Usage Report Interface are also available.
>> Please also the latest Web Service Definition.
Sample Output
The service returns a report showing a range of rebuilding cost values, details of the property in question and a series of explanatory notes. A sample of the report is shown below:
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Estimate of Rebuilding Cost from BCIS.
The rebuilding cost is estimated to be £86,000 based on the information and assumptions listed below (1).
Quality and facilities make a big difference to the rebuilding cost. While the figure above is a reasonable estimate of the likely cost for a good quality house with typical facilities, a basic quality house of the same size with minimal facilities might be rebuilt for £70,000 while an excellent quality house might cost £107,000 to rebuild.
The information we based this estimate on was:
BCIS has assumed the following:
The prices used are for February 2008. This report was generated at 09:26:51 on 14-Apr-2008.
Notes: (1) This estimate is based on minimal details. If you have a listed property or one with special or unusual features you should obtain professional advice on the rebuilding cost. You may also wish to obtain professional advice to be more certain about the rebuilding cost. A list of chartered surveyors in your area capable of carrying out a rebuilding cost assessment can be found at http://www.rics.org/RICSservices/Findasurveyor.
(2) Brick external walls include brick faced timber framed houses and cement rendered walls.
(3) It is assumed that the property is built in a style typical of its age.(4) The Gross External Floor Area is the area of all floors added together measured from the outside.
BCIS is the Building Cost Information Service of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. For further details please visit http://www.bcis.co.uk.
This report copyright RICS 2008. |
