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Local Greater London
Building Surveyors
Our Building Surveyor uses their local knowledge of Hanwell 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.
Fast Availability and
Delivery of Reports
We normally have availability within days of you booking and our turnaround for homebuyers survey reports is within 5 working days.
Panel of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors - RICS Surveyors
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 HomeBuyers Report Hanwell and Building Surveys in Hanwell.
Home Buyer Survey - What does it cover?
A Home Buyers Survey identifies many different defects or potential risks that can be found within a property and is an essential part of any home buying process. The survey, whether a Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or a HomeBuyers Report, is completed by a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) registered Surveyor so they are fully trained to provide you with the detail you need to give you the salient facts when you are looking to buy your home in Hanwell.
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.
If the Home Buyers Survey flags up any of these defects then our Surveyor explains what you need to do to get further advice on how to investigate them and get It resolved.
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If you are concerned about your property in Hanwell having any other defects then you MUST get a Home Buyers 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.
Hanwell is a town in West London which developed as a coaching stop for travellers heading further west. You can find pubs from the Victorian era there, such as The Fox, built in 1848. St Mary's Church was built in 1841.
Much of the housing there is Victorian and Edwardian-era, with some larger Georgian properties. Boston Road/Boston Manor Road has properties from the Victorian era up to the 1970s and mainly consists of semi-detached properties.
There are some more modern developments including the council-built housing around Poets' Corner. There are also some purpose-built flats such as you find at the end of Shakespeare Avenue.
New developments include The Boatyard, along the Grand Union Canal, which offers shared ownership.
Dwellings built close by to the River Brent in Hanwell, such as in Half Acre Road, are 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).
Your RICS surveyor inspects drains during a survey of a property in Hanwell, where the drain cover is accessible and on the site of the property.
If the drains are reported to be blocked you may need to employ a drainage company to inspect the drains with CCTV such as Economy Drainage Services, 13 Wyndham Road, London, W13 9TE.
Noise pollution from roads in Hanwell is at its highest along Hanwell Broadway/Uxbridge Road/A4020, affecting nearby streets such Westminster Road, Cherrington Road and Bentley Close.
Rail traffic noise levels are highest around the Great Western mainline railway which passes through Hanwell Station, affecting nearby streets such as Cambell Road and Alwyne Road.
Greater 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.
You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting Ealing Council at Acton Town Hall, Acton High Street, Acton W3 6NE, telephone 020 8825 5000 , or you can check for the most recently stored planning applications online here:
Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Ealing, Southall, Greenford, Northfields, Brentford, South Hampstead and Drayton Green.
We employ only expert RICS Building Surveyors to undertake surveys in Hanwell. 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 surveys on properties in Hanwell we'll be able to give you the detailed report you need to know what defects there are with your property.
You can see some of our expert surveyors by clicking here -
Flat 67, Marlborough Mansions, Cannon Hill, London NW6 1JT
Is a Mortgage valuation a defect survey?
People have been known to confuse a mortgage valuation with a HomeBuyers Survey. This confusion can prove costly and end up in a home buyer having to fork out for expensive repair costs which should have been shared with the vendor with this reflected in a reduction in the original sale price. If you're buying a property in Hanwell with a mortgage, your lender conducts its own mortgage valuation to calculate the value of the property and this is in no sense a report on structural defects.
A HomeBuyers Survey notes defects as well as including a full valuation of a property independently of the mortgage lender or anyone else. The information in it can be used to get quotes for the cost of fixing any issues and presents evidence for bargaining with the seller about sharing repair costs, if appropriate.
HomeBuyers Report in Hanwell
A HomeBuyers Report is general visual inspection for flats, new properties or bungalows of standard construction. Most leasehold flats in Hanwell should have a HomeBuyers Report, however the only exception are converted properties which may need a Building Survey.
Most freehold houses in Hanwell 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.