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Top tips for a Barnes Home Buyers Survey
Barnes is an affluent area of southwest London in Richmond Borough and has a village feel. It has a large number of 18th and 19th century buildings of various sizes in the streets around Barnes Pond. It hosts the village church of St Mary's, which is an original Norman chapel initially built between 1100 and 1150.
The Terrace is a road with very old riverside housing, containing Georgian mansions along the River Thames' west bend. The area between Lonsdale Road and Castlenau has a council estate built in the 1930s in roads such as Stillingfleet Road, Washington Road and Nowell Road. Castelnau itself also has early Victorian villas and Lonsdale Road has large Edwardian houses as well as Edwardian later and terrace houses. Hillersdon Road, Laurel Road and The Crescent have Regency style villas.
New build developments include Royal Swiss, 14 modern flats in Halcyon Close, Queen's Ride, and Hampton Row, a gated development of 12 flats and 9 houses on the corner of Priory Lane and Upper Richmond Road.
The Terrace is a road with very old riverside housing, containing Georgian mansions along the River Thames' west bend. The area between Lonsdale Road and Castlenau has a council estate built in the 1930s in roads such as Stillingfleet Road, Washington Road and Nowell Road. Castelnau itself also has early Victorian villas and Lonsdale Road has large Edwardian houses as well as Edwardian later and terrace houses. Hillersdon Road, Laurel Road and The Crescent have Regency style villas.
New build developments include Royal Swiss, 14 modern flats in Halcyon Close, Queen's Ride, and Hampton Row, a gated development of 12 flats and 9 houses on the corner of Priory Lane and Upper Richmond Road.
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Many properties in Barnes, particularly those built to the north of Barnes Station, in streets such as Lonsdale Road and Castlenau, are in an area where flood alerts are issued from time to time and there is a smaller area, including streets such as Hillersdon Road and Meredyth Road, in which flood warnings are issued 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). | When a RICS surveyor carries out either a building survey or homebuyer report in the Barnes area, they will switch the lights on and off but not test the whole electrical system. If they suspect that there is an electrical problem, they will recommend that you consult a local electrical contractor. A local electrician near the Barnes area is TW Electric, Unit 138, 9 Jerdan Place, London SW6 1BE. | Raised levels of noise pollution from roads in the Barnes area mainly centre around the main road – Upper Richmond Road, and of rail pollution where the railway line crosses Rocks Ln A306. |
Listed Building Survey Barnes
We have local RICS Listed Building Surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Barnes. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Barnes
We have completed HomeBuyer Reports and Building Surveys near you:
- South Worple Way, Barnes, London SW14 8PB
- 97 Howards Lane, Barnes, London SW15 6NZ
- 30 Dryburgh Rd, London SW15 1BL
- 250 Castelnau, London SW13 9DH
- 411 Lonsdale Rd, London SW13 9EB
Building Survey Barnes Planning
You can review what planning applications have been granted or denied for properties in your area by contacting London Borough of Richmond upon Thames at Civic Centre, 44 York Street, Twickenham TW1 3BZ, telephone 0208 891 1411, or you can check the local authority website.
Read the following article if you are thinking about building an extension.
Local Building Survey Barnes
Our Building Surveyors specialise in the local area and have completed house surveys in Putney, Roehampton, Mortlake, Richmond, Hammersmith, Chiswick and Kew.
We work with specialist RICS Building Surveyors to undertake Home Buyers Surveys in Barnes. 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 Barnes we'll be able to give you the detailed Barnes HomeBuyers report that you will need to know and what defects there are with your property.
Home Buyers Survey - What does it cover?
A Home Buyers Survey is completed by a qualified RICS surveyor and delivers a visual inspection of the property in Barnes and the surrounding garden. The aim of the survey, whether a Building Survey (which used to be known as a Full Structural Survey) or a HomeBuyers Report, is to identify potential risks or defects that you may not know are there such as cracks or damage to the structure of the property, subsidence, damp and infestations.
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Level 2 HomeBuyer Report with a Valuation
A HomeBuyer Report, also known as a Home Buyers Survey, is generally suitable for:
- Bungalows
- Flats
- Standard construction houses
The majority of Barnes's leasehold flats require only a RICS HomeBuyer Report but for any Victorian conversions, a Building Survey may well be required.
Level 3 RICS Building Survey
A Building Survey is the most comprehensive visual inspection a RICS surveyor can provide on a property in Barnes. It is suitable for:
- complex buildings, for example those that have been extensively extended and altered
- unique or older historic properties
- properties in poor condition; or
- those where the client is planning to carry out extensive repair and refurbishment work.
Speak to one of our team on 0207 112 5388 to find out if your property suits a RICS Building Survey, or read our article Which Home Buyers Survey suits your property .