Home Buyers Survey Burnley

There are still a number of classic Victorian terraces and many relatively standardly constructed houses were built in various decades of the 20th century including, for example, the Stoops and Hargher Clough council estates which are located in the south west of the town. The 1980s and 1990s saw massive expansion of Ightenhill and Whittlefield. Large housing developers built sprawling housing estates, predominantly on greenfield land. There has been a fair number of new build developments constructed up to recent times.

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To give you an idea of how useful the Environmental Search Report can be, we had a client purchase one for a property in Grey Street in Burnley BB10 1BZ which revealed that there was a flooding risk from surface water flooding within 250m of the property. This sort of finding may well have implication for your buildings insurance. Additionally, the property conveyancing search – you're expected to buy one if you're buying using a mortgage – revealed that the dwelling was located within 4km of an area licensed for onshore energy exploration and production. If this exploration and production went ahead, there might be pollution and contamination issues down the line which might not only affect the buyer's enjoyment of their property but might also lower the potential selling price of the house. Finally, the report revealed that the home was within 25m of a coal mining affected area. This means that at the very least a coal mining search would also need to be bought to find out if there are any issues such as contamination and ground instability.	You're expected to get a Regulated Drainage & Water Search as standard when you're looking to buy a property using a mortgage. However a brief look at the contents of such a report, such as one bought by a client for a property in Garnett Street, BB3 3DT in the Blackburn area, shows how important the findings in the report are. For example, the report revealed that, should any building which is or forms part of the property be at risk of internal flooding due to overloaded public sewers, then insurance is in place to cover any damages and provide compensation. Additionally, the report revealed that should the property suffer from low water pressure or flow, insurance was also in place. People underestimate how important having decent pressure in the water supply to a home can be – but you'd want to know that insurance is in place for this eventuality because the displeasure caused by low water pressure in terms of how taps and particularly baths function is considerable, to say the very least!	You'll generally only be expected to buy a coal mining search – an additional conveyancing property search – either if your environmental search report says you should get one or if it is known that the area you're looking to buy a property in is known to be in an area where such mining has either taken place in the past or is going on at the present time or if there are future plans to carry out such activity. A recent such search was required to be bought by a client buying a property in Duke Street, BB8 0SU, in the area of Burnley. The report stated, happily, that the property was 'acceptably free from coal mining related risk' and that no further action was required with regards to past coal mining. This not only provides peace of mind to a buyer but also to the lender and the conveyancing solicitor involved can also feel reasonably certain that further enquiries about the matter are not needed.

The county particularly came to prominence during the Industrial Revolution with Liverpool and Manchester growing into its major cities, whose economies expanded as a result of the trade from the docks and the cotton mills respectively. By the 1830s a massive 85% of all cotton manufactured worldwide was processed in Lancashire. Cotton mill towns which developed from this economy include Accrington, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Colne, Darwen, Manchester, Nelson, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Wigan.

The main motorway in the area is the M6 but other motorways, such as the M55, M65, M61 and M66, M62 and M58 also run through it. The county has international airports in Manchester Airport, the third busiest in the UK and Liverpool John Lennon Airport. These cities are also excellent transport hubs in general and their main train stations (Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly) offer fast access to other major British conurbations as well as to a host of other locations.

The county has many universities including for example the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Bolton, the University of Law, the University of Manchester, the University of Salford, UMIST and Preston University.

There are at least four professional orchestras, including the The Hallé, which is the UK's oldest symphony orchestra and is based at the Bridgwater Hall. The Manchester Arena hosts more than 21,000, is the largest indoor arena in Europe and has been voted the most popular venue in the world. Landmarks include the Blackpool Tower, the Ashton Memorial, Rivington Pike and King Street Mill. Other attractions include Morecambe Bay, the Ribble Steam Railway, Blackpool Zoo and Camelot Theme Park. Lancashire has given many gems to cuisine such as Eccles Cakes, Ormskirk ginger bread, Faggot, black peas and bury black pudding. It would take many more words to detail how important the county has been musically, whether regarding folk music (for example the number of ballads emanating from the county, take 'The Ballad of Chevy Chase) or contemporary music (the Beatles and many more).

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