Lovatt Construction Consultants is a chartered consultancy based in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. The firm carries the principal's name. That is intentional.
In a sector full of opaque limited-company brands, a surname says: there is a named human accountable for the work. Every engagement letter begins with that name. Every piece of advice that leaves the practice carries it. Every transparency disclosure runs in writing first.
The practice was founded by Dave Lovatt MRICS to give residential, development and commercial clients access to senior chartered judgement without the layers — and the bills — of the larger multi-disciplinary firms. The brief: senior judgement, plain English, RICS-aligned, and personally accountable.
That is what the firm sells. Time is the cheap part.
Chartered surveyor, principal of Lovatt Construction Consultants, and a 50% shareholder in 1 Oak Projects, the luxury residential delivery business based in the North East. The two businesses share common ownership. We disclose that here, on every engagement letter, and on the ecosystem page of this site — because transparency is a value, not a policy.
Dave's chartered work is RICS-aligned and PI-insured. He is the named principal on every Lovatt engagement, the human counter-signatory on every piece of chartered advice the practice issues, and the only person who will respond to your first enquiry.
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