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Home Buyers Survey Letchworth
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Letchworth, or Letchworth Garden City, is a Hertfordshire town and one of the world's first new towns and the first garden city. Its parish church of St Mary the Virgin was built in the 12th or 13th Century and it was a very small parish right up to the beginning of the 20th century.
A railway station opened in 1903 in the vicinity and housing in the town increased. The dwellings built from 1903 up to the 1930s were generally designed in Arts & Crafts style and consisted of well-built detached, semi-detached and terrace properties.
To the north of the town The Grange began construction in 1947 and to the south east Jackmans was built from 1961. These were council / municipal housing estates with many residents originally coming from the London overspill. Two more prosperous (and private) estates – Lordship and Manor Park – were built from in 1971 to the south west.
Smaller areas of in-fill housing also appeared in the 1990s, particularly on land adjacent to Jackmans Estate on the sites of a former creamery and the Willian Secondary School.
There has been a number of new developments of late, including Madden Gardens in Blackhorse Road and Fairfield Gardens (houses and apartments).
A railway station opened in 1903 in the vicinity and housing in the town increased. The dwellings built from 1903 up to the 1930s were generally designed in Arts & Crafts style and consisted of well-built detached, semi-detached and terrace properties.
To the north of the town The Grange began construction in 1947 and to the south east Jackmans was built from 1961. These were council / municipal housing estates with many residents originally coming from the London overspill. Two more prosperous (and private) estates – Lordship and Manor Park – were built from in 1971 to the south west.
Smaller areas of in-fill housing also appeared in the 1990s, particularly on land adjacent to Jackmans Estate on the sites of a former creamery and the Willian Secondary School.
There has been a number of new developments of late, including Madden Gardens in Blackhorse Road and Fairfield Gardens (houses and apartments).
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Properties in Letchworth which are built close to the Pix Brook, in roads such as Norton Way North and Icknfield Way, are subject to flood 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). |
Some properties in Letchworth are located nearby to existing or proposed sites for wind farms or wind turbines. A recent environmental search carried out for a property in Common View for example, flagged up that the property was built within 4km of existing or proposed wind farms or turbines. The location of wind farms or turbines can be contentious due to visual and auditory impact. |
Your RICS surveyor inspects drains during a survey of a property in Letchworth, 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 Drain 365. |
Hertfordshire is commonly abbreviated to the name Herts and is a county located in the south of England. it is bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south (it is classed as a 'Home County' for this reason). The county town of Hertfordshire is Hertford.Hertfordshire has 3 motorways running through it - the M1, the M25 and the A1(M). It is particularly associated with new towns as it contains 5 in total: Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hemel Hempstead, Hatfield and Letchworth. There are two airports just outside Hertfordshire's borders; Luton and Stansted. It also has a university, the University of Hertfordshire, which is in Hatfield. There are a number of independent schools in the area, including, for example, Haileybury (Turnford), St George's Harpenden, Haberdasher's Aske's (Elstree) and Berkhamsted.
For random facts; St Alban, who gave his name to the city in the county, was the earliest British saint - he was reputed to have been beheaded where the cathedral now stands; also Sele Mill near Hertford was the site of the first paper mill in Britain, established about 1488.
Listed Building Survey Letchworth
We have local RICS Listed Building Surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Letchworth. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Letchworth
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Building Survey Letchworth Planning
You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting North Hertfordshire District Council at Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3JF, telephone 01462 474 000 , or you can check the local authority website.
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Local Building Survey Letchworth
Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Baldock, Hitchin, Ickleford, Henlow Camp, Arlesey, Graveley and Great Wymondley.
We employ only expert RICS Building Surveyors to undertake Home Buyers Surveys in Letchworth. 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 Letchworth we'll be able to give you the detailed Letchworth HomeBuyers report that you will need to know and what defects there are with your property.
Home Buyers Survey Letchworth
Recently completed HomeBuyer Reports and Building Surveys near you:
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Principal Court, Letchworth, SG6 1FL
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Doctors Cottage, Vintage Court, Hitchin Street, Baldock, SG7 6AR
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19 Mercia Road, Baldock, Hertfordshire. SG7 6RZ
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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 Letchworth.
Home Buyers Survey - What does it cover?
A RICS Home Buyers Survey non-intrusively inspects both the external and internal structure of a property for matters which include; damp, subsidence, infestations, cracks and damage.
The goal of the Home Buyers Survey, whether the Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or the HomeBuyers Report, is to provide reassurance when buying a home and this is the case if you are considering buying a property in Letchworth.
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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If they find any issues during the inspection, our Surveyor will flag them up in the Home Buyers Survey and give you advice on what you should do to solve them.
If you are concerned about woodworm in connection with buying or selling a property in Letchworth, or any other defects with the property you MUST get a Home Buyers Survey as the costs of repairing the defects can run into thousands of pounds.
You can find a local RICS surveyor by using the search at the bottom RHS of this page.
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Is asbestos testing included in my survey? Is the removal cost also quoted?
No, what the surveyor will do is let you know within the report that there are signs of asbestos based on their visual inspection and of the property's general style and age. If there are suspicions of asbestos you would be advised to get an asbestos specialist to test the grade of the asbestos within the property.
We have asbestos surveyors covering Letchworth and they are all qualified to British Occupational Hygiene Society P402 and some to S301 Standards. All samples are analysed in a UKAS accredited laboratory. At the end of the process you will know what level of asbestos is present and what it will cost for you or the vendor to remove it.
Does your property look like this?
Converted Victorian flats can be confusing for buyers trying to choose which survey is best. Most RICS surveyors prefer to complete Level 3: Building Survey due to the age of the property, however some other surveyors will complete a Level 2: HomeBuyer Report. The best advice is to get the surveyor to inspect the property and check the condition and then guide you on what survey best suits a Victorian Conversion.
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 Letchworth quote.
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