Flooding and its implications for property professionals
Published October 2025
Effective from October 2025
The threat from flooding to property in the UK is becoming much more serious. Flooding is likely to be an increasingly important concern to the clients of surveyors, and they will seek advice from members of the profession on questions relating to construction, valuation, property management and remediation.
Flooding can affect people and property in many different ways. RICS members in many disciplines may be called on to advise on the impact of flooding, and the remediation and mitigation of the effects of flooding, on all property types.
The purpose of this practice information is therefore to raise awareness among all members of RICS and to highlight the following:
- aspects of flooding that may be important to different areas of professional practice
- the constant need to take a broad and strategic view of the risks that arise from flooding, and
- the different approaches that may be helpful in reducing or mitigating these risks.
In adopting this cross-profession approach, we emphasise the importance of recognising the role that members in different RICS disciplines can play, and the need to work across traditional discipline boundaries in future.