Home Buyers Survey Chelsea

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Top tips for a Chelsea Home Buyers Survey


Chelsea has Victorian terrace cottages, Georgian houses, Victorian grand houses in the squares near to King's Road and Arts & Crafts houses built in the interwar period. There are also period flats and more modern purpose-built flats. Cheyne Walk has classic Georgian houses with views of the river.

Chelsea has a council estate – the World's End estate – which was built in the 1960s and consists of towers and low-rise blocks. Chelsea Barracks on Chelsea Bridge Road is in the process of redevelopment and, when completed, is set to offer 448 homes, including 123 affordable homes.

There are also shared ownership opportunities in Chelsea. Helix Court in Swanscombe Road offers shared ownership flats.



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Properties in Chelsea built in close proximity to the River Thames such as Cheyne Walk and Royal Hospital Road have been subject to flood warnings and alerts from time to time.

If you are concerned that a property you are looking to buy is in a flood risk area, you should consider getting a flood risk report (click for more details).
Certain areas of Chelsea have been flagged up as having a medium risk of being affected by Japanese Knotweed and properties in them may well be advised to take out appropriate insurance.

A recent local authority search carried out for a property in Cheyne Walk indicated this risk.
Properties in various parts of Chelsea, including streets such as Cranley Gardens and Cresswell Place, may well be affected by the Crossrail and HS2 schemes.

If you are buying a property in the area and this is of concern to you, you may well wish to consider purchasing an Energy & Infrastructure Report. or a report specific to either of the two rail schemes mentioned.

LondonGreater London is an area which contains London, the capital of the United Kingdom (which itself centres on the Cities of London and Westminster) and a number of surrounding boroughs which are administered as London boroughs and which are the overall executive responsibility of the Mayor of London. It contains a large number of constituencies, each represented by an MP and it should be noted that these are not the same as nor even always continguous with the borders of the boroughs.

Many parts of Greater London were originally administered by the counties which surround London and these counties are often called the home counties. Enfield, for example, used to be classed as being part of Middlesex, but is now near the northern border of Greater London. Greater London's borders often coincide with a zone of 'green belt': areas where it has been decided that open spaces, parks, forests and wildlife reserves should act as a buffer against urban sprawl. London has numerous landmarks, anything from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament to Karl Marx's grave in Highgate Cemetery.

Greater London contains more than 9 million inhabitants, a number growing daily, and as this is approximately 1/7 of the population of the UK, it can be seen that Greater Londoners have a large influence on the rest of the country politically and this is enhanced by the concentration of skilled workers gravitating towards the capital.

Listed Building Survey Chelsea

We have local RICS Listed Building Surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Chelsea. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Chelsea

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Building Survey Chelsea Planning

You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council at Hornton St, London W8 7NX, telephone 0207 361 3000, or you can check the local authority website.

Read the following article if you are thinking about building an extension .

Local Building Survey Chelsea

Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Fulham, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Earls Court, Belgravia, Sundridge and Walham Green.

We employ only expert RICS Building Surveyors to undertake Home Buyers Surveys in Chelsea. Whether you are buying an old run down 'doer upper' or standard construction freehold house, our RICS surveyors have seen them all.

With a vast number of years of experience completing building surveys on properties in Chelsea we'll be able to give you the detailed Chelsea HomeBuyers report that you will need to know and what defects there are with your property.


Home Buyers Survey Chelsea

Recently completed HomeBuyer Reports and Building Surveys near you:

  • 28-29 Ormonde Gate, Chelsea, London. SW3 4HA
  • 177 WIltshire Close, Chelsea, London, SW3 2NY
  • 71 Parkview Court, Fulham, London, SW6 3LL
  • 43d Crabtree Lane, Fulham, London SW6 6LP
  • 34 Kimbell Gardens, Fulham, London SW6 6QQ

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Our Building Surveyor uses their local knowledge of Chelsea to ensure they deliver a detailed homebuyers report to help you decide whether you should move forward with your home move or if you should pull out.

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We normally have availability within days of you booking and our turnaround for homebuyers survey reports is within 5 working days.

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Panel of RICS Surveyors

Ranging from 10 to 40 years all of our chartered RICS Surveyors are registered with and regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and have indemnity insurance that covers all of the work they undertake in a Home Buyers Survey in Chelsea.

Home Buyers Survey - What does it cover?

A RICS Home Buyers Survey involves an examination of the structure of the inside and the outside of a property aimed at pinpointing issues such as subsidence, damp, cracks, infestation and damage.

The survey, whether a Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or a HomeBuyers Report, is non-intrusive and is highly recommended if you are looking at buying a property in Chelsea.

NB If you're a first time buyer, you might wish to click on What is a House Survey to find out more, including what happens during the inspection.

Click to find out how much does a house survey cost (free, no obligation quote)
Subsidence

Subsidence Inspection

Damp

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Infestation

Infestations

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If your Home Buyers Survey highlights concerns relating to any of these defects your surveyor explains what the issue is in detail and provides a recommendation as to what you should do to further investigate. An example of this is if your surveyor spots signs of damp within the property. Over 5,000 properties a week in the UK have damp proofing laid to combat the issue of rising damp and home buyers fear seeing mould, peeling wall paper and sodden floors as these are all tell-tale signs of rising damp.

If your property is showing these signs and your surveyor notes using their damp monitor that there is damp internally they'll advise you to get a damp specialist to attend the property, confirm the issue advising whether it is rising damp and quote for the costs in repairing with damp proofing.

If you're looking at buying a home in Chelsea which is showing signs of damp, or any other defects then you MUST get a Home Buyers Survey. The costs for repairing the defects can run into thousands of pounds; however, If you can identify the problem before you purchase then you can get quotes for fixing it and either share the costs with the seller, or, in worst case examples, choose not to proceed.

You can find a local RICS surveyor by using the search at the bottom RHS of this page.
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Do I get aerial photos of my property as part of my survey?

Your surveyor will take photographs of your roof as part of your survey. These may form part of a Building Survey or may be referred to in a Homebuyer Report.

These photos are not aerial photos; they are normally taken from ground level and possibly from using a device which enables photos to be taken from an upper window.

The surveyor takes photos as part of their checking of the property for defects; they will inspect all accessible areas in order to do this, including the drains and the loft (if this is present and they can get to it).


HomeBuyers Survey Chelsea

HomeBuyers Report in Chelsea

A HomeBuyers Report is general visual inspection for flats, new properties or bungalows of standard construction. Most leasehold flats in Chelsea should have a HomeBuyers Report, however the only exception are converted properties which may need a Building Survey.

Click to see a RICS Level 2 HomeBuyers Report with Valuation example.

HomeBuyers Survey Chelsea

Building Survey in Chelsea

Most freehold houses in Chelsea that are over 50 years old, that have been refurbished/developed or are unusual in style should get a Building Survey. A Building Survey used to be called the Full Structural Survey and is the most comprehensive visual inspection a surveyor can provide. Choosing a HomeBuyers Report when you should have a Building survey can be costly if key defects don't get reported in the detail you require.

Click to see a RICS Level 3 Building Survey example

If you are unsure which survey to choose you can call our surveyors and they'll help you choose - Call 0207 112 5388.

Choose which survey based on its type, style and age then get a competitively priced Home Buyers Survey Chelsea quote.
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