Home Buyers Survey Dorchester

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Top tips for a Dorchester Home Buyers Survey


Dorchester has a variety of homes ranging from 1930s semi-detached properties in areas such as Cornwall Road to more modern redevelopment detached houses along Beachwood Lane.

Within Dorchester there are Victorian period houses which were built in the 1930s, particularly in areas near to Dorchester town centre such as Victoria Road.

New build developments can be found in streets such as Eldridge Street, Rothesay Road and Weatherbury Way.

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According to the UK Government’s Public Health England, Dorchester is in an area where there are raised levels of Radon. Properties within these areas have a higher chance than average of experiencing ground radon emission.

Areas including Coburg Road, South Walks Road and Damer’s Road have a maximum radon potential of 1-3%.The percentage is the chance of a property being built where Radon emissions might measure above the action level.
There are some areas in Dorchester where from time to time surface flooding occurs after a period of heavy rainfall and flood warnings may be issued to properties in close proximity to the River Frome. Streets which might be affected include Lubbeck Way and Mill Street.

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In Dorchester there are some areas affected from raised levels of noise pollution from roads. Properties mainly in streets in close proximity to the A35 such as Herringstone Road and Maiden Castle Road have a higher chance than average of being affected by noise pollution than other areas within Dorchester.

Rail traffic running through Dorchester Station also generates higher levels of noise pollution for nearby streets such as Smokey Hole Lane.

DorsetDorset is a county in the south of England with the English Channel on its southern coast. Its county town is Dorchester although larger cities and towns include Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth and Ferndown. Dorset has various different types of landscape including clay valleys, limestone ridges and chalk downs. Bournemouth and Poole have their own unitary authorities.

More than 50% of the county is classed as being in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Its coastland in particular has been regarded as very interesting from a geographical/geological perspective, including the Isle of Portland, Durdle Door and Chesil Beach.

Sandbanks, a suburb of Poole, has achieved the heights of having the fourth highest land values in the whole world. Adjacent counties include Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire and Devon.

Bournemouth Airport offers scheduled flights to the European mainland and islands. There are no motorways in the county and the main trunk roads are the A303, A35 and A31. Poole offers ferries to France and the channel islands. Bournemouth has two universities, Bournemouth University and The Arts University Bournemouth.

Dorset has more than 30 general and specialist museums, including the Tank Museum at Bovington and the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester. Grade I listed buildings include Portland Castle, a coastal fort commissioned by Henry VIII, and Christchurch Priory, the longest church in England.

Thomas Hardy, the famous novelist, was born in Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester in 1840 - his fictional town 'Casterbridge' is based on Dorchester. Enid Blyton, the children's author, allegedly bought Purbeck Golf Club for £1, using it to go on holiday in Swanage: she apparently based many of her 'Famous Five' books around the Isle of Purbeck and Poole Harbour.

Finally, in the form of the Dorset Naga, the county has a claim on producing the hottest chilli in the world, with an average score of 923,000 Scoville Heat Units.

Listed Building Surveyors Dorchester

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

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Dorchester Planning Application Search

You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting Dorchester Town Council at 19 N Square, Dorchester DT1 1JF, telephone 01305 266861, or you can check for the most recently stored planning applications online here:


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

Local Building Survey in Dorchester

Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Fordington, Poundbury, Lower Burton, Stinsford , Charminster, Winterborne Monkton and Martinstown.

We employ only expert RICS Building Surveyors to undertake Home Buyers Surveys in Dorchester. 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 Dorchester we'll be able to give you the detailed Dorchester HomeBuyers report that you will need to know and what defects there are with your property.


Home Buyers Survey Dorchester

Recently completed HomeBuyer Reports and Building Surveys near you:

  • Damers Road, Dorchester DT1 2JX
  • Great Western Rd, Dorchester DT1 1UF
  • Alington Rd, Dorchester DT1 1NS
  • Lancaster Rd, Dorchester DT1 1QG
  • Edward Rd, Dorchester DT1 2H

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Our Building Surveyor uses their local knowledge of Dorchester 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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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 Dorchester.

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.

Choosing the right survey, whether a Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or a HomeBuyers Report, to get is important however both a HomeBuyers Report and a Building Survey will identify any suspicions of the main defects discussed below.

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.

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Subsidence

Subsidence Inspection

Damp

Damp

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Infestation

Infestations

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Asbestos

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If the HomeBuyers Survey flags up any of these defects in your property in Dorchester then our surveyor explains what you need to do to get further advice on how to investigate them and get It resolved.

If you are concerned about your property has subsidence, or any other defects then you MUST get a HomeBuyers Survey as the costs for repairing the defects can run into thousands of pounds. If you can identify the defect 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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Is a mortgage valuation a Building Survey?

When you purchase a home in Dorchester using a mortgage your Mortgage Lender will require you to get a mortgage valuation to assess how much your property is actually worth. You have to pay for this survey and often you may assume this is also a structural assessment to identify defects. Unfortunately the mortgage valuation is just for the mortgage lender which means you need to get your own independent survey of the property to make sure there aren't any defects.

There is some confusion as the mortgage valuation is often referred to as a survey and so many buyers assume this is what is meant by 'have you done your survey?' It is important that when buying a property in Dorchester you arrange your own HomeBuyers Survey that reports on defects or potential issues with the property. The two types of HomeBuyers Survey to choose from are the HomeBuyers Report or the Building Survey. Buying without a survey could leave you exposed to any repair costs or defects that you didn't spot. The costs of underpinning a property due to subsidence run into the £10,000s so it is important to get a survey to check for this type of defect particularly.



Does your property look like this?

Edwardian Properties in Dorchester
An Edwardian aged property would normally require a Level 3: Building Survey (formally called the full structural survey) due to its age. These styles of property have often been heavily extended so it is important to make sure extensions are checked by a local building surveyor in Dorchester.

Does your property look different to this? Then read our guide on which survey suits your property type.

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