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Local Surrey
Building Surveyors
Our Building Surveyor uses their local knowledge of Redhill 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 Redhill and Building Surveys in Redhill.
A Home Buyer 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 is non-intrusive. If you are thinking of buying a property in Redhill, it is highly advisable to book one, whether a Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or a HomeBuyers Report,.
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 they find any issues during the inspection of your property in Redhill, our surveyor will flag them up in the Home Buyers Survey and give you advice on what you should do to solve them. An example of this is where the surveyor finds evidence of woodworm infestation.
If you are concerned about 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.
Redhill town developed originally from a toll road which opened in 1818 and the more so when the railway arrived in 1844. There are some period properties in the area, but many were knocked down in the 1960s. The St John's area, however, has many period cottages and Crosslands Road has large Edwardian houses.
There are many modern developments, such as Water Colour, which has new flats and houses built in the New England style.
Properties built close to the Redhill Brook in Redhill, particularly around the Earlsbrook area, in streets such as Earlsbrook Road and St John's Road, are subject to flood alerts and warnings 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 Redhill are located nearby to areas to be explored for their energy potential by the oil & gas industry – they must be licensed by the Oil and Gas Authority – and such exploration includes areas subject to hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") investigation.
A recent environmental search carried out for a property in Shire Place, Redhill, RH1 6DN for example, flagged up that the property was built within 4km of an area licensed for onshore energy exploration and production.
According to the UK Government's Public Health England, some parts of Redhill, including streets such as Asylum Arch Road and Talfourd Way, are in a raised radon area, with properties built there having a higher probability than average of experiencing ground Radon emissions.
The raised Radon area has a maximum radon potential of 3 – 5% (the percentage is the chance of a property being built where Radon emissions might measure above the action level).
If you are concerned that a property you are buying is in an area of raised Radon, please click to visit Public Health England's UK Radon Map. Click also to find out more about Radon, Radon property searches and much more.
Surrey is located in the south east of England and is well known for its high property prices and leafy areas. Guildford is the county town, however Surrey County Council can be found just up the A3 in the neighbouring town Kingston Upon Thames. It was in Dorking in Surrey at the White Horse where Charles Dickens wrote much of his Pickwick Papers and apparently based many of the characters on local people
The University of Surrey can be found in Guildford, however Surrey also hosts the Royal Holloway University of London (Egham), University of Law & Kingston University. HG Wells, writer of War of the Worlds, lived at Horsell Common in Woking in Surrey when he wrote the book and this is where, in the book, the Martians first land on Earth.
You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting Reigate & Banstead Borough Council at Reigate Town Hall Castlefield Road Reigate, Surrey RH2 0SH, telephone 01737 276000, 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 Reigate, Merstham, Earlswood, Nutfield, South Nutfield, Sidlow and White Bushes.
We employ only expert RICS Building Surveyors to undertake surveys in Redhill. 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 Redhill 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 -
In contrast, Building Surveys are bespoke and better suited to larger and/or older properties where the original construction material may have degraded and requires further commenting on outside of the scope of a HomeBuyer Report.
HomeBuyers Report in Redhill
A HomeBuyers Report serves as a great general inspection for flats, new properties and bungalows of standard construction. Most leasehold flats in Redhill should have a HomeBuyers Report, however the only exception are Victorian conversions which may need a Building Survey.
Most freehold houses in Redhill 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.