If you've been shopping around for someone to issue a Professional Consultants Certificate, you'll have noticed that there are a few firms that do this. So why do so many developers, self-builders, solicitors, and homeowners end up choosing Sign-Off Direct?

Here's an honest answer to that question.

PCCs are all we do

We're not a general surveying practice that offers PCCs as one of twenty services. This is our speciality. That means we've built our processes, our team, and our turnaround times specifically around making the PCC experience as smooth as possible. When this is all you do, you get very good at it.

We offer both monitored and retrospective PCCs

Some PCC providers only deal with retrospective certificates, issued after the build is done. We handle both, and we think getting us involved early makes a real difference.

If you instruct us before breaking ground, we set up a monitoring programme that runs alongside your build or conversion. We visit at each key stage, confirm everything is progressing properly, and issue the PCC within 1 working day of the final site visit. You're sales-ready the moment the build is complete, with no delay waiting on certification and all major lenders on the table.

If the build is already done, we issue retrospective PCCs with an average turnaround of 7 days. We handle these regularly and we're experienced with incomplete documentation, unusual property types, and tight transaction timelines.

RICS-regulated and properly insured

Every certificate we issue is signed by or under the direct supervision of a RICS-regulated professional, and we carry full professional indemnity insurance. Our certificates follow the current UK Finance standard format and are accepted by all major UK mortgage lenders.

We cover the whole UK

We have surveyors in every county across England, Wales, and Scotland. Whether your project is in Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cornwall, or anywhere between, we can get someone there quickly. No blanket travel premiums, no coverage gaps that mean you're waiting weeks for availability.

Fixed pricing, no surprises

We charge a nominal surcharge (£250) for retrospective cases, but the price you see if what you pay. We've had clients tell us they've been quoted one price by other providers and invoiced something quite different. That doesn't happen here.

We handle complex situations

Not every instruction is a straightforward new build with a full set of documents. A large chunk of what we do involves:

• Monitored builds from the very start of construction
• Retrospective certificates for completed properties with no prior monitoring
• Barn conversions, commercial-to-residential, and other non-standard builds
• HMO conversions
• Properties where documentation is incomplete or partially missing
• Urgent instructions where a sale is at risk of falling through

We're easy to get hold of

You can reach us on WhatsApp at any point: +442081759193. We update you as things progress, and if anything comes up during the inspection we'll tell you straight away rather than letting things go quiet.