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Stephen Flower

Director and Head of London Office at Black Cat Building Consultancy, chartered building surveyor (MRICS) with 30+ years' experience.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Oct 8, 2026

Black Cat Chat: The Building Podcast

Black Cat Chat: The Building Podcast

What Makes a Great Surveyor? Experience, Judgement and the Future of the Profession

Oct 8 · 1h 5m

5:44

Yeah.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

5:44

And while you were doing the day release, you got to do some, some stuff.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

5:47

And, you know, quite often I did it pretty, pretty badly, [laughs] I think.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

5:51

But the point was you, you got to do stuff.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

5:54

It was quite benign, supportive environment.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

5:56

You were allowed to get on with stuff.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

5:58

If you, if you made a mistake, you didn't get shot for it.

Tony ThreadgoldGUEST

7:28

... it's become more difficult to produce the same thing

Black Cat Chat: The Building Podcast

Black Cat Chat: The Building Podcast

When Buildings Go Wrong | Courtrooms, Cladding & Fire Safety: Black Cat Lates Episode 02

Sep 24 · 46m

Stuart HillGUEST

26:03

So it's about trying to form a sensible, practical view, isn't

Stephen FlowerGUEST

26:06

it? I go back to what you just said about me.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

26:10

If you get to lawyers, you failed.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

26:13

Because you just described a case where it was, what was it, a six-figure case and you went to seven-figure fees, that kind of thing.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

26:21

Well, nobody's won there.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

26:23

The only people that have won are the lawyers.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

26:24

Right.

18 MINS LATER

Eric LarmettGUEST

43:55

5839, if

Black Cat Chat: The Building Podcast

Black Cat Chat: The Building Podcast

Nearly 300 Years of Building Experience: Black Cat Lates Episode 01

Sep 18 · 55m

Eric RobertsGUEST

25:08

It's surprising how brief you become when you have to write it, don't you? Yeah.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:11

Yeah, there you go.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:13

I can still remember the first commercial building survey I ever wrote.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:17

And I'd trained in local authority.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:19

And I got my first job working for a private practice.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:22

And I was given a building survey to go and get an office building in London somewhere.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:26

And I agonized.

Stuart HillGUEST

26:28

But you're probably so desperate to impress, you were putting all sorts of things in there that were...

Black Cat Chat: The Building Podcast

Black Cat Chat: The Building Podcast

Nearly 300 Years of Building Experience: Black Cat Lates Episode 01

Sep 3 · 55m

Eric RobertsGUEST

25:33

Surprising how brief you become when you have to write it, don't you? Yeah.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:36

Yeah, there you go.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:38

I can still remember the first commercial building survey I ever wrote.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:42

And I'd trained in local authority.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:44

And I got my first job working for a private practice.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:47

And I was given a building survey to go and get an office building in London somewhere.

Stephen FlowerGUEST

25:51

And I agonized.

Eric LarmettGUEST

27:23

about that thick.