Contract Administration in Hayes, Bromley

Documented building context

Bromley describes the Pickhurst Rise estate as four long avenues of interwar terraced and semi-detached properties extending towards West Wickham. This is a named housing group within Hayes, rather than a description of every dwelling in the area. The original development period does not document later work to a particular house.

The Urban Design Guide identifies Hayesford Park as a 1960s development containing both houses and flats. That mix needs to be resolved at the start of an enquiry. An estate name alone does not identify the structure enclosing a dwelling, the common parts involved or who controls access to them.

Bromley’s guide records St Mary Cottages and the former rectory, now Hayes Library, among the older buildings in the village heart. It also distinguishes this historic core from the much larger area developed between the wars. The examples explain a local contrast; they do not establish the age or designation of a neighbouring house.

The council describes much of Hayes housing as detached or semi-detached family dwellings with private gardens, alongside substantial open land. That setting can make the rear and sides of a property important to understanding its present footprint. It does not establish ground conditions, boundaries or the absence of defects.

Hayes, Bromley tender and contract decisions

For a Pickhurst Rise house, separate the inter-war main range from later additions in the tender documents. Establish the current construction and the junctions affected by the design. The estate's development period cannot supply the house's alteration history or confirm the condition of a concealed connection.

A Hayesford Park flat requires a different scope boundary from a house in the same development. Identify common fabric and obtain the management arrangements for access and authority to instruct it. Tenderers should price the same occupation, protection and service-isolation assumptions. Keep any changed detail with the relevant JCT instruction and evidence for its assessment.

For work near the older village core or on a detached plot, use the particular building's designation, plans and repair records. Define what is included at the rear and sides rather than relying on the street view. At completion, locate outstanding work and required documents against each specified component. The council's character account is not proof of present permission, condition or satisfactory execution of the contract.

HCS cannot act as independent contract administrator where HCS is the contractor.

Contract scope

• Bromley: Urban Design Guide SPD, Hayes character account — Paragraphs 3.87–3.91; printed page 22 (PDF 27)

• Major works
• Tendering
• Clerk of Works
• Employer's Agent
• Insurance reinstatement

• Hayes, Bromley area guide
• Bromley
• Beckenham
• Chislehurst
• Orpington
• Eltham

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